"Yeah, okay. Maybe I can help out with catching them the human way until then, so you don't have to do it alone. Fern showed me how to do it with the hook and the worm and stuff."

Sure, he might be looking forward to being able to jump in the water and really help out, but until that was feasible, at least this might be fun and give him a chance to feel useful.

"And even if I can't go in the water, I'm good at spotting places fish tend to go!"

Talking about fish, at least, is definitely more fun than talking about his fluctuating corruption.

"Um...well I have some incense. Not really a lot left. I should probably get more."

He'd been relying on it heavily since the previous month and burning through it quickly.