As the fireworks fizzled out, he spun around and strode back to the cabin, grabbing a cardboard cutout of Lana from an ad, muttering under his breath, "My brother said Lana's gotta swim with the fishes. He said Lana's gotta swim with the fishes..."
The crowd was filing back into the cabin when they caught sight of the bizarre scene.
"Skyler, what are you doing?" William asked in disbelief.
Skyler seemed oblivious to his question, clutching the cutout of Lana and moving determinedly toward the deck railing.
"He said Lana's gotta swim with the fishes. He said Lana's gotta swim with the fishes..."
Muttering the mantra, he suddenly tossed the cardboard cutout overboard into the sea.
Leopold and Aurelia rushed forward, yanking him back from the edge, fearing he might follow the cutout into the watery depths.
Tanya came running over and cupped his face in her hands, "Oh no, Skyler's having another episode."
At that moment, Skyler's whole body trembled violently, as if awakening from a trance, "What's going on? Why are you all staring at me?"
"Skyler, you just threw a cardboard cutout into the sea," William explained.
"Skyler, you're having an episode. You need to go back to your room and take your medication," Tanya subtly signaled to Thomas with a glance, who promptly stepped in to assist her with Skyler..
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