[Boone grabs her when she starts to go down, swearing under his breath. Now he's glad he chose to stick close to her.]

Hold onto me!

[He's not going down this time, and he's not sure why. Really, it's the fact that he's determined to save Linda keeping him from going down with her. He wraps his arms around her, pulling backwards with a grunt. Maybe they should've grabbed that stick Linda used before, but this tactic seems to be working too. He just hopes he doesn't start sinking, too. If he does, they're both screwed.]