Following a sensation akin to being forcibly squeezed through the mouth of a tube of toothpaste, Will found himself on a mossy stone embankment overlooking Grotto 11's Topside settlement.
"Ugh...I feel like I've been tenderized..." groaned Will, struggling to rise to a seated position as heat permeated his regenerating body.
"I felt it when I piggybacked you previously, but water pressure seems to bleed into my shadow dimension..." explained Ohta, looking unaffected as she casually emerged from her shadow with her hands in the front pocket of her hoodie.