"Oh." Yeah, that's probably a bad moment to stop at. "Well, that's nothing new. I mean, I know what humans thought of us. They even had a massive reward for dead sea monsters, so I always knew they hated us and would kill us if we changed back...but remember that girl that was with us? Her dad stepped in and made sure everyone knew they weren't going to be killing us! So...that was a really nice way for things to turn out, even if they were going really badly."

Because of course what he wanted most was to just be able to explore and learn about the surface world without getting murdered. That's why he wanted to go to school.