Kenway - Knocked Into Ocean

‘We’ll be masters of the ocean with that,’ I said. Wanting to hold the skull, reaching out to take it from him and overcome with the desire to feel the weight of it in my palm, I felt a tremble as he came forward with it, his hand outstretched. But then, instead of giving it to me, he whipped it round, striking me in the face with it and knocking me across the floor of the Observatory and over the precipice of the pit.
I fell, slamming into the stone on the way down, whipped by the vegetation that clung to the rock face but unable to get a grip on it and stop my fall. I felt a searing pain in my side, then smacked into the water below, thanking God I had the presence of mind to turn my fall into the semblance of a dive. From that height that instinct might have saved my life.
Even so my entrance into the water was a messy one. I crashed into it and floundered, swallowing water, trying not to let the pain in my side drag me under. As I broke the surface and gasped for breath I looked up, only to see Roberts gazing down on me.
‘There’s nothing in my code about loyalty, young man,’ he taunted me, his voice echoing in the space between us. ‘You played your role, but our partnership is done.’
‘You’re a dead man, Roberts,’ I roared back, only I couldn’t quite manage a roar. My voice was weak, and anyway he’d left and I was too busy trying to tend to the flaming pain in my side and get myself to safety.
When I collected myself what I found was a branch sticking from my flank, the wound colouring my robes red. I yanked it out with a scream, tossed the stick away and clenched my teeth as I held the wound, feeling blood seep through my fingers.
Roberts, you bastard. You bastard.

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag, Chapter 56