[Hence why he prefers to just look down at his hands, curled into fists at his chest because if he placed his hands over his face, he'd just make himself look worse. The last thing he needs is for a scaly fish monster to figure out that a grown man like him is so afraid of earthquakes or anything resembling them.
His protest is feeble and he remains blissfully silent afterward, but he shivers a little, because he can't completely block out the noise of the collapsing sand.]
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[Hence why he prefers to just look down at his hands, curled into fists at his chest because if he placed his hands over his face, he'd just make himself look worse. The last thing he needs is for a scaly fish monster to figure out that a grown man like him is so afraid of earthquakes or anything resembling them.
His protest is feeble and he remains blissfully silent afterward, but he shivers a little, because he can't completely block out the noise of the collapsing sand.]