[WHAT THE HELL WHAT THE HELL WHAT THE FUCKING HELL WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIM WHY WOULD HE EVEN YELL SOMETHING LIKE THAT. you are too stunned to do much besides stare at him like you're going to cry, which of course you are not because that would be stupid and you're not a grub who cries whenever something bad happens. YOU'RE NOT. it is finally enough to get you into the water and to march over where he is, though! even though you sort of lose your footing at the last second and have to catch him by the shoulders to keep from falling down.

...which is just as well, because you were going to take him by the gogdamn shoulders and shake him, anyway!]

Why would you say that?