[A certain deliberate and studious unseeing is required on Paul's part to knit together the best of what he believes about Johnny with the conduct he sometimes (usually) has in the public sphere. He still huffs a quiet laugh at Akechi's words, swinging his feet idly.]

He has a bad track record with wildlife.

[If you could call the Leviathan that. It's a wound not quite scabbed over, a dimming of his good cheer that he only mostly shakes off when he straightens his back and makes an attempt at scraping gritty honey from his face.]

This is going to be a nightmare to get off. I understand why he didn't use blood, but - fish guts couldn't have been that hard to come by.

Do you think we should do something to help, now that we're up here? Considering. [The mutually accepted fact that most people won't stand a chance.] I'm not sure if we could be better lures than everyone running and screaming down there.