[ Hm, perhaps it wasn't the best point of conversation after all. Humans were still a touch difficult for him to read. Though it doesn't seem that this one is particularly scared off yet, so Jade nods and offers a slightly wider smile of his own.

Which unfortunately shows that his teeth are far from human. All too many--too pointy. ]

You are certainly not the first to have said that. Sunlight doesn't reach my home and starting a fire there is quite impossible. One can never let their guard down for even a moment under the sea. I find it wonderful, though I suppose it isn't uncommon for others of my kind to long for the shores.