Assuming that the oil that they were coated in was there in order to prevent corrosion from being under water, Aennen did his best to limit his contact with it in order to prevent any form of corrosive material from growing on the blades later on.<br/><br/>That action would perhaps, had she noticed, encouraged her to feel that he wouldn't have been tampering with his blades at all. He would have been respectful even if he didn't have his surfing interests at stake here.<br/><br/>Then, however, he learned there was something entirely different at work from the oil.<br/><br/>"You get oil on your skin in huge amounts? Does it waterproof your body or something?"