[He reached up and by no surprise given the lengths of his arms he was able to grab Ivan's hand, feeling the strength in Ivan's grip as he was slowly pulled forth from the mire of the quicksand.

Fortunately Pegasus was tall enough that had he been submerged all the way it probably would've stopped at the chest but he had no way of knowing how deep this pit was. Not to mention he hadn't ever been stuck in quicksand before!]

A-ah...

[He felt himself being pulled up, the man actually quite a bit lighter than he might have looked for his height.]