"You will? Awesome!" cheered Pit, raising his arms up high while balancing his feet at the bottom of the pool so he wouldn't sink down. "My moves are cool, but I bet you could do all kinds of tricks yourself. You have tons of abilities up your sleeve, right? Like super speed. And maybe your spines give you an underwater edge too."

He didn't notice Shadow's slight apprehension toward the water. He just blithely assumed he was taking his sweet time.