"Wh-who would do that?" he exclaims, now both baffled and indignant. "It's still underwater, you know!"

In embarrassment, Manabu kicks to turn himself around and continue down the algae pathway to the shipwrecks. Okay, yes, talking will be easier...but it's not like he wants to think about feeling stupid for not knowing that, you know!! So the next time he pipes up is only to be complete business.

"That one," he says, pointing to the gloomy shape of a wreck further on. "That's where I left off."