[ LEANING BACK oh god this is. a lot. and he is only really paying attention less than half of it.

after his surprise, his face goes back to unimpressed ]

How was I supposed to know any of that? That'd be like expecting you to know merfolk families.

[ he swims around her, if just to give him a bit of distance after she was all up in his personal space and to stretch his tail... huh, speaking of merfolk though... ]

Though... if you're seafarers... would you know who Poseidon is?