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After focusing on the task at hand, the pair proceeded with the plan. Goro lowered Umi down the manhole to the best of his ability, going slow to avoid losing either his hands' grip on her or his body's purchase on the ground. His laserlike concentration, however, meant he did not notice the marauding insect until too late. A split-second panic seized him; while it only made him tense up, he worried that it might scare his new comrade and lead to disaster. However, the slender girl proved she was made of sterner stuff, and shrugged off the cockroach as casually as she might toss her hair. Goro realized immediately that his doubts were ill-founded, and took Umi's fortitude into account.

A moment later she took off into the darkness, spurred to action -Goro assumed- by the discovery of at least one dummy. In fact, Umi turned up three in short order, two smaller ones and then a single, adult-sized specimen. One by one she returned and hurled the child dummies up toward Goro, but though he lurched to grab them, they did not quite sail high enough. “Sorry, I couldn't grab it!” he called down. “Try a little higher?” When Umi next appeared, the large dummy slung across her back, Goro couldn't help but notice that she seemed somewhat bigger. However, he observed the next moment that she looked ill, and Umi's unwellness wiped all other thoughts from his mind. “The scummy water must be poisoning her,” he muttered. They needed to act fast.

Using jets of water, Umi propelled the adult dummy Goro's way the next moment. This time he snagged it by the arm, and he set to hauling the prize onto terra firma. The others followed suit, Goro taking them one by one as they flew up toward him. After that, only Umi remained. When Goro turned his light down, she seemed ready to launch upward, but his light revealed a sickly countenance indeed. The sight made his heart hurt, and he stretched down extra far to prepare himself to help her. Umi started to rise, ascending until she jerked to a stop, her hips stuck fast. Even worse, she looked ready to vomit. 

Well aware of her suffering, Goro reached down to grab her remaining hand and started to pull. He averted his brilliant gaze, saying in the most comforting voice he could, “Do whatever you need to. There's pure water in your devices for cleaning if you need. If you can, keep shooting water from your feet to go up and get smaller.”