Perhaps that would be most practical - so long as there are no obstacles for it to snag on, in this circumstance. Or no cause for anyone to fall.

[He looks pensive at that - there was nothing to trip on during the water crossing, but that didn't stop him from doing so, when the fuzzy recollection of that voice became too much. He remembers the emotion of it dragging him down, even if the feeling is nothing more than a faint echo in him now.]