[The benefits of being on a mermaid's fav list: not having to worry about drowning. That's always a bonus! The smile shifts to something vaguely amused because of course it does.]

I feel quite honored. [Honored to not die. SO HONORED. That said, the pool hadn't really been a great experience for Kaoru's sensitive nose, either.]

I would prefer this water to the water in that building, and there isn't any way to predict when it might be ready to swim in again, regardless. The same could be said for the ocean... Though I don't see why we can't swim both here and there, when we have the chance.

[As long as it's not an alien ocean because then they'd probably be killed by alien sea creatures...]