"Maybe if I loosened the obi..." Ashiko trailed off, sake-soaked mind churning through the logistics of that maneuver. "Well, I wouldn't really want to do that if the men who tossed me in were still around, but I can get out of my clothes just fine. But I still can't swim." And according to him, screaming for help wasn't as easy as she thought it would be.

And she wouldn't want to be half-naked while screaming for help, either.