Anthony was shaking. He glanced towards the other man briefly as he spoke, but after that, his eyes remained trained on what he could see of the water.

He opened his mouth for a moment to try and reply to the other, but he found himself unable to speak. Anthony tried to swallow the lump in his throat or whatever it was that made his throat close up like that, to no success. So instead of speaking, he just nodded quickly as a response. His breathing was becoming a bit frantic.