Could have said that first instead of just tossing, he muttered to himself before slogging through the water to get the books on the table. Knee deep meant it wasn't quite to the top yet, but it didn't have long to go.

"Still ain't said how gettin' a bunch of dumb animals in here is gonna help. All's it's gonna do it clog up the system with more bodies. 'Less yer tryin' ta drown a bunch of stuff for a quick meal or something. That could work."

Be a pretty gruesome death, sure, and the bodies would be waterlogged after, but it'd be food.