Cole looks at the water, briefly unsure, but then Ben slips in and his delight pours over Cole, making him relax and come over to the same entry point.

He puts a foot in first, giving a sharp, small inhale. He moves in slowly and steadily, heat flushing his pale skin fast, up into warm pinks. "It's... not like a lake. At all. Or the ocean." He keeps moving in until he's chest deep and then he takes a deep breath and sinks under the water entirely.

He doesn't need to breathe, exactly, but it's what you do when you go underwater. And the heat-

It's so unlike anything. It's like being held wrapped in arms and legs and senses and kept soft and warm and safe. He can feel the clean heat of it reaching over his scalp, through his hair, not hot like being in the desert, prickling and uncomfortable, but soothing.

He surfaces after a long, long moment, water streaming down his face and neck and a bright smile. "It's amazing!"