"Yes."

It's a soft agreement, but it's an agreement all the same. Chizuru has to be ready for this right now, and she knows it. She can't back out right now - not when she really wants to see what's down there, in case it's important.

And she feels like right now she's in the best circumstances she could be in the first place, really. Nara'a is being so kind and patient about all of this. She doesn't even mind the way he pats her hair. No matter how skittish Chizuru can be at times, she appreciates physical contact from people she trusts, and Nara'a truly is one of those people. Instead it just feels reassuring, more so than anything else.

"I'll try my best to hold on." So she won't be swept away once they're underwater. That might just be the most terrifying scenario to her, really, being separated like that. "So we can go under now."

There's a slight pause, and then she adds, a tad more shy but sounding genuinely grateful: ".. thank you so much for being so kind to help me.."

She just wants to have said it now. Just in case something does happen when they go underwater.