"Truly?"  Triton studied Dave's expression briefly, but it wasn't as though a young demigod -- especially someone like Dave -- could lie to a God's face and not be found out.  He managed something approaching a smile.  "Excellent.  I see that tales of your prowess weren't exaggerated."<br/><br/>"You're welcome to keep the necklace, if your father won't take offense," the God added, even as the same young woman from before arrived, belatedly, to offer the two of them drinks.  It wasn't exactly the beer of Dionysus, but she'd managed to balance a fair selection on the tray.  "You'll find that breathing underwater is the least of its merits."