Well, her not scooping him up made the choice clear. Boy, he missed his stupid telepathy that he never asked for and didn't want and didn't care about!

From an indefinable point way up high, a truck shot down to smash into the ground at shocking speed. Rather than burst into dust and fragments, though, it simply flattened, then rebounded cartoonishly back into shape. The truck might be old, battered, and beaten, but it was definitely running, and definitely ignoring the fact that it was underwater.