...In theory, you should be able to learn anyway. It just might take more physical exertion.

[On the other hand-]

Wait here. I'll be right back.

[He leaps out of the pool, grabs a quick towel, and heads back upstairs! ...It takes him a little while to show up again, but when he does, it's absolutely with an obscenely jury rigged... something; it looks vaguely like a pool noodle, with quart sized bags mostly filled, then duct taped shut for extra measure and rolled up, then finally, the whole thing questionably taped together.]

Here. Try holding onto this.

[It... Should work, maybe, but it's definitely not something that's going to last for more than an hour or two, tops.]