"Thanks! I'm actually getting more comfortable telling people, since it's kind of becoming more obvious that no one's going to kill me just because of what I am, but I'm still not quite ready to just tell everyone, so it's kind of nice having some people I can ask questions!"

Even though it's sometimes hard to even know what to ask. Still, he's pretty curious about a lot of human stuff.

"Thanks, I think you have, but it's really not much harder for me to swim out there than it is for the people on the beach to help people out there."

...okay, it actually was, because sometimes he has to tow people all the way back, and sometimes there are pirates, but it's still definitely doable, and he can spend as much time as he needs out there without worrying about drowning, which he can't say for the other sleepers who might emerge from their squid forms out there.