[He smiles faintly at Momo, almost gives in to a subtle shimmering urge to laugh, but his mood isn't great tonight. Momo will make it better, Momo will heal him like he always does. They'll be invincible. He wants that more than anything, even if it's impossible, even if things here are always going to be volatile by Yuki's standards.
Even if all he wants is to make music and cook for Momo and tend some cleverly named weird plants, he doesn't have much of a choice. He's got insta-tentacles (just add water) and a host of other odd things. Unlike when he faced the unknown without his old partner, he's letting Momo in with little resistance, even if it took months to get him to admit to the need for some bolstering. Maybe it's emotionally like pulling teeth for Yuki to admit something is wrong and he needs help, but here he is, showing his empty hand.
His actual hand slides away from Momo and down into the water, and he gestures with a look for Momo to observe it and not his face. His palm is open, relaxed, fingers spread.]
Even though I have to be in water to make it happen, I can do this.
[Under the water, his hand emits a faint glow, like moonlight, something invisible in daylight because it's so subtle and mellow. At the tips of his fingers, little eddies appear in the water, obvious even under the surface, before small bubbles form and begin to churn the water into a little whirlpool the width of Yuki's palm.]
[While it's always a hard sell to get Momo to not observe Yuki's face if he has the chance, he looks down when Yuki directs him to, watching closely the way his fingers move. It's another part of Yuki that had always gotten his attention, those delicate fingers more attuned to strumming strings and dancing across keys than Momo's could ever be at this point in his life.
The appearance of the tiny whirlpool makes him clap his hands together excitedly, though, looking like he just saw...well, a magic trick.]
Oh, it's so cute and small! What good control...you'll be sinking ships in no time, I bet!
[That's...a choice of thing to reassure Yuki with, but also, that's what sirens do and the entire merrow thing has struck him as bearing more likeness to that than any other ocean mythical creature he's familiar with.]
[Calling it small and cute does not help Mr. Witch! Yuki's whirlpool falters and dissipates as he closes his hand, and the glow from his hand subsides.]
Anyway, I think... The part I need your help with is I'm pretty sure it can work differently with your magic.
[A subtle, maybe bitter smile.]
I'm relying on you again, but I think I can feel it? It always reminds me of you when I try it. Like the way the Bond feels. I think we should try it out together.
[Look, he can't just not call cute things cute. It's ingrained in his DNA. And since he's used to the idea of big whirlpools and not tiny ones, a tiny one is actually more impressive to him.
But all that aside, Momo reaches forward to hold Yuki's hand in both of his, as if he wants to will his magic back through him with just that method. He's heard that a Bond can help with that sort of thing, but trying to tap into it isn't something he's ever done actively.]
I've never really tried doing this kind of thing through a Bond before, but if you want me to then I'll do my best. How do you want us to do it?
[He's not sure whether Yuki wants him to actively join in or boost him somehow through the Bond, so since it's his idea then he'll let Yuki decide on what he wants him to be doing.]
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Even if all he wants is to make music and cook for Momo and tend some cleverly named weird plants, he doesn't have much of a choice. He's got insta-tentacles (just add water) and a host of other odd things. Unlike when he faced the unknown without his old partner, he's letting Momo in with little resistance, even if it took months to get him to admit to the need for some bolstering. Maybe it's emotionally like pulling teeth for Yuki to admit something is wrong and he needs help, but here he is, showing his empty hand.
His actual hand slides away from Momo and down into the water, and he gestures with a look for Momo to observe it and not his face. His palm is open, relaxed, fingers spread.]
Even though I have to be in water to make it happen, I can do this.
[Under the water, his hand emits a faint glow, like moonlight, something invisible in daylight because it's so subtle and mellow. At the tips of his fingers, little eddies appear in the water, obvious even under the surface, before small bubbles form and begin to churn the water into a little whirlpool the width of Yuki's palm.]
See?
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The appearance of the tiny whirlpool makes him clap his hands together excitedly, though, looking like he just saw...well, a magic trick.]
Oh, it's so cute and small! What good control...you'll be sinking ships in no time, I bet!
[That's...a choice of thing to reassure Yuki with, but also, that's what sirens do and the entire merrow thing has struck him as bearing more likeness to that than any other ocean mythical creature he's familiar with.]
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[Calling it small and cute does not help Mr. Witch! Yuki's whirlpool falters and dissipates as he closes his hand, and the glow from his hand subsides.]
Anyway, I think... The part I need your help with is I'm pretty sure it can work differently with your magic.
[A subtle, maybe bitter smile.]
I'm relying on you again, but I think I can feel it? It always reminds me of you when I try it. Like the way the Bond feels. I think we should try it out together.
[A little brighter, and his eyes squint closed.]
It's better that way, either way.
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But all that aside, Momo reaches forward to hold Yuki's hand in both of his, as if he wants to will his magic back through him with just that method. He's heard that a Bond can help with that sort of thing, but trying to tap into it isn't something he's ever done actively.]
I've never really tried doing this kind of thing through a Bond before, but if you want me to then I'll do my best. How do you want us to do it?
[He's not sure whether Yuki wants him to actively join in or boost him somehow through the Bond, so since it's his idea then he'll let Yuki decide on what he wants him to be doing.]