For a few seconds he was frozen, knowing that annoying an Archangel was incredibly stupid but he couldn't leave Jace to flounder or worse in the water. "I can't let him drown." As he spoke, he was able to focus, realizing that Jace was coming closer.

"You are not Excalibur." His voice was too shaky to carry off their usual game of annoy the parabatai. Sloshing his way toward Jace, he pulled the blond into a hug. It didn't matter that this wasn't his Jace. "Next time listen to me."

Pulling away, he kept an arm around Jace's shoulders before turning toward Gabriel. "Is he possessed?"