To Liao, cetaceans approach human beings in such a friendly and innocent manner, quite different from the hunting relationship of fishermen and fish. "No other interaction between different lives could be that beautiful or that sincere, even if it is among humans, or between humans and pets." Liao Hung-chi can barely describe in words how moved he is.
對於廖鴻基，除去了漁夫和魚的捕獵關係，鯨豚們如此善意天真地接近人類，「那樣不同生命與生命的對應，即使是人跟人，人跟寵物，都無法有那麼美、那麼坦誠的互動」，廖鴻基幾乎無法以言語形容他的悸動。