It helps, the reassuring. It's not like Chizuru hasn't been in dangerous situations before, after all, and she knows that she always feels at least a little bit better and safer in those when she's with someone she trusts. It makes her feel like she can be strong.

And Nara'a - of course he falls right into the category of people she trusts. He's been so consistently kind to her that Chizuru can't even imagine he'd lead her astray, even under pressure.

"Okay."

She steps over until she's right next to him, and then does move to latch onto him. She's trying her best to move out of the way so he can still move though, otherwise they're going to have trouble moving underwater in the first place.

"I think I'll be fine once we're under the water. It's the first steps that are the scariest, you know..?" Because you don't know quite yet what it's going to be like.