Her encouragement both during and after the effort ends is appreciated and brings his smile back into place.

Lifting his head from the sand as she yawns, he can only snicker at the sheer cuteness of her plea, “Of course. And, if you wait to go to the bottom on a weekend, maybe I can rent some scuba gear and come with you!” It is a curiosity as to how deep she can comfortably wander even with no hinderance to maintaining oxygenation.

Quite suddenly, he remembers his phone in his hand and taps the button to stop recording. Benjiro turns off the touch screen then tucks it back into his pocket.