It's definitely nerve-wracking--he's been close to water before, sure, but getting this close to it? It was making the little hairs along the back of his neck stand on end.

When Ritsuka offers her hand, though, there's that odd flicker in his heart. The same one he always gets when humans offer him even the simplest of kindnesses.

He finds himself smiling a little dumbly--and putting his hand in Ritsuka's own.

"Hahaha. Hey, I appreciate you not teasing me about this."

...Humans really were good beings, when they had the chance to grow into things like empathy, weren't they?