Precisely. The opportunity to learn that sort of thing firsthand is why I chose to don the choker to begin with, after all.

[As the water grows too shallow to swim in at all, Edgeworth begins using his arms to pull himself onto the beach, pushing aside the nagging instinct not to do this.]

Nngh. (My tail is an obstacle like this... someone with poor upper body strength would have a hard time deliberately beaching themselves.)