The bath was delightful enough that Umiko decided to stay. And so she stayed... for a rather long time. It would have appeared that, being a fish, Umiko found simply existing to be more pleasant while submerged under water. She also soon found out she still needed to breath air like the normal surface dwellers, though could momentarily use her magic to give herself gills again, which made her feel more comfortable. Of course, they were inconvenient every time she resurfaced- not like she needed to. After a long while, Umiko finally got hungry and decided to leave the bath, wondering whether or not Ayame had finished cooking.

The girl rose from the water, her body dripping. A part of her felt dry, as if she weren't even in the water in the first place. Then, Umiko deduced the reason why. She looked down at her hands and feet to see that her skin was incredibly wrinkled. True to a land based creature, she got wrinkly after a long time spent in the water- a process which had escaped her mind. Quickly, she used her magic to restore the water in her body, returning it to its normal state, before getting out of the tub, once again drying herself using her magic.