[If he was any lower in the water himself, he would have snorted a nose-full of it at that. Good thing he just chokes on air. Shit, he remembers. It takes him a minute to wrestle himself back under control, to try to be all stone-faced even though it's nearly impossible by now.]

It's true, though. It's strange and hard and I'm not used to being bad at something so important.

Nothing I said was wrong. I don't regret any of it.