Feeling the water fill in the hole in his head felt nice. It's more like a pocket dimension that's directly connected to Nino's body. Plus the leaf crown makes the hole look less odd.

He makes a sigh of relief as his body cooled down and he started to feel better. Well if Nino had gone on too long without water, he would have not only fried, but his body would eventually give out from being cooked from the inside.

So yeah Makoto saved Nino's life here.

"I have been thinking of getting some kind of helmet or something to cover it up before we ended up here. Especially since I dunno how I'll be able to deal with winter when that comes several months from now." The books did nothing on that front.

Nino had been lucky really until this point.