"Better." Itachi looked down at the top of Ashiko's head. "Now I'm going to let go, and you're going to use your legs and your arms and hope you swim instead of sinking." Itachi didn't bother to smile. There was no way to do this but to go for it, and it wasn't as if he would let her drown in a few feet of water.

Itachi almost grimaced at how easily thoughts of planning her death had slid out of his mind.