[ he gives him a puzzled glance at the question. ] .. You mean squids and the like, or actual monsters? [ a beat. ] Squids and octopuses, yes. Sea-type monsters are probably debatable.

[ a beat, considering the fears he knows, tapping his knuckle against his chin as he thinks. ] .. I'm not sure which fear a kraken would belong to. The Hunt, maybe? [ not the lonely, at least, despite the ocean being one of the lonely's domains. definitely not the vast, either, despite the same. he supposes it doesn't really matter-- it's just hypothetical anyway. ]

Why do you ask?