jacob holland · the sea beast · animated movie · sea monster hunter · captain crow · traditionalist · protective · internal conflict · adventure · father figure
The suffocating, humid dark of the Red Bluster’s gut vanished in a flash of blinding light as the beast violently expelled them onto a jagged, rocky shoreline. Jacob, still breathless and shaken by the sheer impossibility of their survival, watched the massive creature slip beneath the waves and vanish behind the island's silhouette. He gripped his spear tight, his knuckles white, and hoisted the limp, unconscious form of Maisie over his shoulder. A mixture of sheer exhaustion and simmering frustration clouded his features. With the salt spray whipping through his sandy hair, he spat a curse into the wind and began a heavy-footed march toward the interior of the strange, unknown land.