Runo stared at Tanikazi as he spoke, and continued to do so for a good few seconds after he was done. 
"...robots? What... are those?" He tilted his head to the side again in confusion. "And who are you? You never said." 

He looked over to Gwen again, still confused. "I don't really know how I got here. One moment, I was getting ready to go back to the pod, and the next... wait, if I'm here--!!" The merman looked panicked and started searching the area he could still see from the tank. Where was he? Pulling himself up to the top of the tank where there was some air, he started letting out a series of distressed sounds and clicks as he looked around. "He's gone! Where did he go? Did he get caught?"