Night is when it's not bright, isn't it? [as nothing was ever dark, even though everyone said it was. At least not like the crushing deep]

It's dangerous to sleep all not bright. That's a long time. Anything can come up on you. But I don't have lungs like you do. [he poked her chest with a finger, giving her a little push in the water] I breathe through my skin. So long as I have a single tendril in the water I can survive. [he frowned] But not happily.