<span style="font-style: italic">Miro looked at her. "Don't need to whimper. Lessons won't start with me letting you go anywhere. I'll protect you." He said softly. He was in deeper waters even though he was holding her. So for the moment he did have a tailfin. Yet it kept flickering between legs and tailfin. His tail fin finally deciding to stay as legs that still kicked in synchronization with each other. He didn't know his own secret...go figure. He just knew he loved the water. He watched as Rat sank himself into the deeper water than swam. They couldn't dive. He knew that because nobody else went to save Ikol. That means there must be some pocket of air somewhere down there that was in swimming range. He looked at Ikol. "Don't worry about the morons." He said. Noticing her glaring at them. He then watched her kick her feet slowly. "Up and down. In slow easy movements. You are two rushed like a shark is after you." He said. Watching her arms. "You're doing pretty good with your arms. Up so it looks like your going over your head with one arm then the other. Reaching forwards with your arm and pulling your body. You're doing pretty good for the first time." He said. She really was. "You are doing it for the most part. Slow and steady wins the race. Pretending you are a turtle in your head will help you gather basics easier. It will help you remember to take it slowly.</span>Kona was merely watching from a safe distance away from the water. He looked out over. Hearing splashes and flailings and paled. That was so not cool.