The water isn't so far that it isn't fallen into quickly--shirt and pants and all. Which, of course, is part of why Argine's still up with the blankets--to pull out the towels they'll all need and the change of clothes Mrs Eicheln packed with full knowledge her eldest didn't know how to wait to change properly into swim trunks.

It also means Argine will, at least for now, be the only one not getting dragged into the ocean and splashed at.