Valpsan was having a lovely day! It was his first ride on a boat, ever, and then his first ship battle too! Such fun new experiences. The attackers were very clever to attack where his roots could not protect, since they weren't nearly as long as his vines, and then to flip the ship over. A pair of shark men rushed to his maw as soon as he was underwater, since his position hadn't changed at all. Unless the ship was shattered entirely, he wouldn't be dislodged by something so simple as being flipped over. Since he also didn't breath 'air' he didn't mind being underwater. To the surprise of the shark men rushing to free their comrade from what they probably assumed was the shaman's plant minion, both of their tridents snapped off at the haft when they tried to lever his four sectioned mouth open. His vines swished through the water to wrap completely around the two attackers, and he was about to stuff the offending shark men into his gullet with the first unlucky meal, but the horn was blown and he paused to look over at Seydon. He might have continued anyway, but it seemed polite to stop for such a loud underwater noise, considering everyone else's reaction.<br/><br/>So then came the problem. While he wasn't particularly physically limited in the water, he couldn't hear anything! He could see people talking, upside down, but he normally listened to vibrations in the air with his vines. He couldn't understand the vibrations in the water. He also couldn't speak. He let a few of his vines float to the surface to take in the conversation there, but Seydon seemed to be in a bit of a bad mood. A Royal and a liar, huh! What a shock! Valspan chuckled to himself, burbling a little underwater as his occupant still struggled. He watched as the shark people and Barusa released their meals. He sighed, realizing they were doing some kind of formal exchange of prisoners. Ugh, he hadn't gotten to fully taste this one either! This inconclusive data was starting to annoy him! Ah, but he'd had set backs to his quest before, and if he had unfettered access to a whole city of exotic underwater people, it would be worth it!<br/><br/>With an underwater burst of sticky sap, Valspan released his meal, who weakly swam to freedom, her comrades confused but releaved hte iron hard plant had released her. Anyone who'd come close had been snagged in the net of vines woven around him, but they were all released as the others were.<br/><br/>Now that all that was finished, he waited patiently for someone to right him or to come up with a proper plan. Now that he'd released his meal, no one in particular seemed concerned with him so he just watched Seydon speak with his new friend. Wiska seemed upset in some way, but he couldn't hear a word of their underwater conversation, so he had to just watch silently.<br/><br/>(Long story short, Valspan takes the cues, lets his meal go, and sits patiently for something else to happen.Honestly, he's being pretty passive because of Spectra's presence. He knows full well that she's leagues beyond his weight class, but otherwise he'd be much less willing to let go of meals.)