They spray you with water on Oblivion
because when you're dropping you'd forget to breathe otherwise.
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ClanSoul,
Sat 8 Mar 2008, 23:02,
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You're free-falling
attached to a very heavy metal object, falling into a dark pit in the ground after being suspended over the edge for a second or two to let you realise what's about to happen.
Breathing is not something you think to do.
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ClanSoul,
Sat 8 Mar 2008, 23:13,
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