[ bless you, Namine. Dave appreciates it, even if he doesn't show any sign. he wobbles when she shifts the bubble and it's probably only thanks to having his hands pressed to the top that he doesn't fall over and make everything terrible, but it does make him rethink moving too much ever again forever, also. after a few more moments of (carefully) feeling around both above and behind him, he lets his arms drop to his sides and concedes temporary defeat. ]

Okay... so it's a hamster ball on water. We could maybe, like—push it toward the shore? Will that work if we're on water? I have this mental image in my head of it just going exactly the way we want it to without any problems whatsoever so rather than consider the alternative where I'm wrong and that's stupid, it's always worth a shot. If you're down.