Collecting Runes

The current lasted for what felt like an eternity, but was, in reality, just over an hour. 

During this time, Lassim's broken nose bled into the surrounding water, and he suffered a concussion from the initial impact against the wall.

When the current finally subsided, Lassim floated against the wall almost lifelessly, gasping for breath. The broken nose and the squeezing pressure had made it extremely difficult to filter the water mana to keep up the breathing. It was suffocating.

After a moment of catching up on the depleted oxygen within him, he quickly created an air bubble around his head and pulled out a healing potion from his supplies in his whale hide magic pouch. 

Drinking it slowly, he felt the warm, soothing liquid mend his broken bones and reduce some of the dizziness from his addled mind. 

Lassim pressed his hand against his newly mended nose, sore to the touch as the healing potion was still working.