[ That's definitely encouraging! He perks up visibly, and will get back to the part about him being attractive soon, but not before he has to address her other thing. A mermaid! He... strangely does know what that is. ]

Aw, c'mon! You? I mean, you're pretty, but... Don't mermaids have to be like half-fish? How would you even, uh.. you know... unless the top half is a fish... oh man, that would be gross...