The cricket just stared in silence. He must have been thinking. To be fair, it was hard to tell if he was staring, or even if crickets, with their all-over eyes, could even be said to squint, or if the only thing they could actually do was stare off into space, in fact a large amount of space at the same time.

It was also hard to tell how the large cricket was feeling, given his lack of squishy bits to emote with. For all intents and purposes his face was always locked into a look somewhere between pleasant disinterest and having to catch a train somewhere not-nearby. 

Finally Clark spoke, this time his tone full of pep and vim and zaz. [b]"I'm having a nice day out at the beach, a nice day to sit and nibble and read and relax and find waterlogged amnesiacs."[/b]

It was strange, to be quite honest, to hear such a bubbly and enthusiastic voice coming from a creature unable to make the simplest of facial expressions. Collecting himself, the man's brow furrowed and he glanced around. A beach day? That actually sounded rather nice, and would explain why he'd brought drinking water with him.

It would also explain the picnic basket.

Realizing he was terribly hungry, now that his thirst was dealt with, he was about to ask if he could share in the food when Clark once again preempted his need to ask. Stuffing a hand under the flap of the basket, he pulled out a fistful of leaves and stuffed them into the man's hands.

[b]"PLEASE, eat as much as you like! I brought extra just in case, you never know who's gonna wash up."[/b] Clark was probably smiling, based on his joyful tone, not that his face showed it.

The man just looked down at the leaves in his hands, picking one up and chewing absently on it as to avoid being rude. It tasted leafy.

[b]"You need a name."[/b] The large insect said, suddenly and without provocation, his tone deeply frustrated, seething almost. [b]"I keep thinking 'hey Clark, what if you need to call after this mystery man in the presence of ANOTHER mystery man. How are they going to know which one of them you mean?' ... and the answer is obvious, you need a new name until you remember your real one."[/b]

The man offered a nod, it sounded reasonable enough, but what to name himself.

[b]"You should probably go with something easy to remember like ... AAAAAH! or Terry."[/b] Clark was back to sounding excited.