[ And that Choromatsu rigorously shakes his head and looks back up. ]

No... no, the problem is I'm only hearing about this now, dad!

I... something like this... I could have spent my whole life preparing for something like this! But I... didn't even consider it an option. You're a god, you wouldn't need anyone to replace you or help you... that was what I've always thought. So I just daydreamed about other things instead.

[ daydreams where he has legs and can walk beside his friends and dance and always sing in he sunlight, daydreams where he leaves the reef and his family behind to start his own...

he sinks back down again, lowering his head once more ]

It... changes everything.