"Ghck--!" Yuya chokes , his arms pinwheeling before he grabs for Maya to brace himself and quickly pull himself forward. He teeters, stumbling as he stabilizes himself on the ground beside her. Yuya looks up at her, blankly stunned by his near-fall. And then he laughs, bright and bold and with a smile when she calls him insane.

"Here," Yuya reaches to gently free his collar, and once he does he kneels by the bank again and sticks his hand in the sandflow. "Feel it."