Ilde is ready and already holding onto him when the water changes, but when it does her grip tightens perceptibly - painfully, even, with Wolfgang playing the role of human rope in a tug of war between nymph and ghost. The woman in the water is doing her damnedest to be an unstoppable force vs Ilde's immovable object and if nothing else the struggle slows the moment down enough that he'll have time to do whatever it is he's intending to try before disappearing arse-first under the water.

This seemed like a much better idea a moment ago, which isn't saying a lt.