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Why not dip your hand in the water also? What was the issue with doing that?
You still wouldn't get the bits of ankle covered by the fingers
Could've just tossed his ass in, he'd be invincible, he'd manage...
Oh no, those are exactly the kind of twists the ancient Greeks loved: invincible doesnt mean unable to drown.
I think it was actually that you wouldn’t be harmed, but by being fully submerged, it would kill the person going in.