Dyssia is already half out of the water too, water splashing as she scrambles to take the girl's hand and lead her back into the pool.

But, you know! Gently! As gently as twenty feet of snakegirl surging at you while trying to get every word possible out of her mouth can be because, you see, you're amazing, and she thinks you're amazing, and your problems are important too and you're not butting in at all and how did you do that thing with your hair, she doesn't have hair like that, do you think if she had a wi--no, no, she's babbling and [i]sit[/i] your pretty perky rear back in the water, and--

Fistbumb, handshake, high-five, [i]and[/i] thumbs up, with a wink thrown on top, because, you see, you're [i]worth it,[/i] and Violet is an amazing name, and Dyssia is [i]going[/i] to see that smile reach your eyes if it's the last thing she does, and also if Violet's not your real name then what's your real name, because--

"See this hot spring? This is a private hot spring, just for now, just for the next few minutes, because we're friends now, and yeah, I'll take you up on that offer of help and advice, but [i]first,[/i] you also sound like you're in the middle of something and, you know, maybe I can help? Or at least be a listening ear, if all you wanna do is talk? And then we can talk about the water being weird after?"