"Sounds like a good idea."

He'd need to pay attention to his journal more, in that case. At her dismissal of his question, he gave her a look of curiosity, and opened his mouth to ask her more questions--

Only for a fish to swim quickly, right in front of his face, causing him to pause, blink--

"...They're going quicker now, aren't they?"

A rhetorical question, but he had his hand on his hilt already, his eyes narrowing as he did a scan of the immediate area.