He didnt really await a reply to his words of thanks. Looking towards where the voice came from. A female voice, the now somewhat closer shadow showing the figure of a mermaid. The one who saved him then. He stayed for a while silent.Mostly wondering what should he answer to her words? [i]why did you save me?[/i] Would the answer to it make any sense to him? His eyes focused at her, still being underwater. Was she scared of him? He knew sometimes his race would look at meeting a mermaid as a challenge of bravery. Pick them up in folks and leave them, drying out. His eyes looked at his own feet, the claws clenching softly from his nervousness.
He felt awkward for the silence.
Shifting somewhat away from the water, sitting on his own legs. The claws on his feet, stuck under his feathery tail. Hidden away from the other eyes. It was a small gesture. But he couldnt bring harm to someone who helped him. That was not in his nature. Well if she put him in danger he would react, he told himself so he could relax a bit.
'' Can I know your name?'' He asked, seeing her staying there waiting, wanting himself to cut the silence that settled around them. '' I am known as Humhum'' He introduced himself too. wondering what anyone from his family and friends would say hearing him introduce himself to a creatures of under the sea. They would probably declare him to not have all of his feathers on number.