[Claude feels bad for Dimitri, really. Of course a guy who has trouble not breaking things on a normal day would have problems not tearing a flimsy paper net that's meant to break on most occasions. (Claude is a clever man; he can see how these 'games of skill' are rigged not to have a glut of winners. Not active cheats, but close.) And Dimitri gets so distressed when he breaks things...especially now, when his Crest isn't active and there's nothing but his own natural strength to blame.

But it's so hard not to laugh at that comically desolate look on Dimitri's face. The surly Hawlucha in contrast just makes it worse.]

It's okay. [All right, so he's laughing a bit as he crouches down beside Dimitri.] How about I help you? First things first...let's try putting the net in the water rim first. That should keep the paper from ripping on the water's surface, right?