[Wait, wait, wait! Hold up there, buckaroo! Gintoki is now grasping at whatever he can, hoping to get a solid grip on the other before he could walk away to far.

He's starting to sweat, what with the threat of getting the teacher involved. He didn't want to have to admit that he couldn't....

So he puts a heavy arm around the other's shoulders, pulling him downward a bit.]

AH ZURA.... maybe you could help me get in the water, ne? How about. We just take it slow. Perhaps if I take it slow...