At first... It was dark. Nothing. He had been in the dark for so long.

Then he felt it. He began to feel. The pain in his chest, the water around him, in his mouth, in his nose, in his ears, the cold from the wax. He was drowning - and realized it before he shuddered all over and waved his arms.

When he stuck his head out of the water, he took a deep and loud breath. He was breathing...

Swimming with difficulty to the nearest shore, he fell on the sand, breathing heavily. The sword in his chest, which was literally through, still made it difficult to breathe.