Youmu:

> "Thanks!"
> Untie the ribbon in anticipation of it attaching to us. Maybe it'll improve Myon's abilities too?

Myon:

> Put up a single index finger where the mermaid can see.
> Hold our hands wide open and a little bit apart, and then bring them together while closing them, in the hopes of conveying to the mermaid that she should compress again.

> You try to manually untie the ribbon.
> It's a bit hard to come off, but not impossible.
> Though, you don't even see it move. One moment, it looks like you've finished untying it, the next, it's on your wrist.

> You hold up a finger, respectfully of course, then try to gesture your intent.
> The mermaid complies, returning her size to normal.
> "Sorry I can't get any smaller than this..."
>_

Myon:

> How do we feel with a mermaid and a bunch of water inside us?
> Are we capable of making our 'skin' pssable in only one direction, where things can go in but not out?
> Is the mermaid's chest sticking partially out of us now that she's grown again?

> It's not the best feeling... Being underwater already, the water isn't as bothersome and heavy feeling as you suspect it'd normally be.
> You don't think you are.
> Yes.
>_

Youmu:

> "Anyway, uh, I'd be happy to take it back, but I don't really have anything to offer in return..."

Myon:

> Nod with a smile.
> Allow the mermaid to pass into us, holding her within us (so that she doesn't immediately pop out the other side).

> "It's alright, I'm not stingy." Rinnosuke offers his hand with the ribbon. "You did find it first, after all."

> You allow the mermaid to do as she's trying, letting her swim into you, though keeping her from passing back out as much as you can.
> She tumbles a bit trying to fit, still managing to push out from your outline even with your attempts. Though eventually, she gets a hold of her tail in a hug close to herself, and fits neatly without touching any edges.
> You notice her repeat her trick from earlier, and though it expands you a bit, that's only due to pushing your body - which soon pushes her own extremities out.
> "Hm, doesn't work..." She comments.
>_

Youmu:

> "I figured it was more enhancing my abilities as a swordswoman. Reading my opponents and such. But maybe that counts as a form of precognition?"

Myon:

> Pick up a rock, show it to the mermaid, and then place it inside our upper torso, holding our hands away from our body to show it off.
> Once a second or two has passed, take the rock out of us and put it back where we found it.
> Then look back at the mermaid, gesture to her, point inside of us, and tilt our head slightly with an expectant look.

> "A swordsman. Hm... I suppose." Rinnosuke shrugs.

> You take a rock and place it inside yourself, then remove it.
> "Hm... I think I get what you're getting at." The mermaid returns to her normal size, and swims closer to you, gently pressing her hand against your chest, as if to push you.
>_

Youmu:

> Nod along as he explains.
> "That...sort of tracks with what I experienced when I wore it. Another offered to cut it off of me, and all of a sudden I started seeing her attacking before she actually did so."

Myon:

> How full of water are we at this point?
> Adopt a thinking expression for a bit, then look around for something small and loose on this shelf that we could pick up.

> "Oh, so you have a form of precognition? That's interesting. Maybe you'll be able to tell the future."

> About a third left to go.
> There's plenty of rocks, and some shells too.
>_