The sarcasm didn't seem to bother Shion much, but his eyes darted around his surroundings trying to find a way around the problem. He had nothing to brace himself on, there was nothing nearby.

He had no rope and even if he had there were no trees, nothing to attach it to. It was as if this environment had been specifically made so that people stuck in the sand had no way to escape. Shion wasn't too surprised, it was another familiar feeling.

Part of him wanted to try anyways. "The ground is more solid here, I can brace my feet in it... if I took my coat off and used it as a short rope it would give me a bit of leverage..."

After all the worse that would happen would be that Shion would be stuck too, that was the less awful option between that and doing nothing to save this man.