[ gradually, he finds the strength returning to him in small doses, the blazing sun overhead doing nothing to defer him, even as he needs to squint against its light to try to focus better on the features of her face, how the soft appearance of her cheeks seem to complement that pinker tone that spreads across them. ]

Oh, please, madam— [ with her suggestion, he begins to try to hurry himself towards sitting up. ] You shouldn't go out to swim at a time like this. I mean, there was that storm earlier that crash landed me here. It's pretty dangerous out—

[ holding out his arm to gesture out to the ocean, his eyes finally stray from her face for that split second to cross over the rest of her body, to the length of her tail and continuing on to the stretch of the sea before—

wait. wait, wait.

his eyes draw back, trailing back his gaze until he lands back at her tail, eyes widening with a gaping of his mouth. ]

You're ... you're ...

[ he turns to her, shock across the whole of his face, his eyes suddenly brightening. ]

It can't be, you're ... [ he reaches for one of her hands, holding it within both of his own. ] You're my dream come true. My All Blue.