[ Alberto looks at her quietly, an odd expression on his face, then lies back down in the sand with his hands behind his head, gazing skyward once more. Selkies, merpeople, cecaelians, nagas... All these other sea monsters here. None of them looked like him. Not that he was necessarily looking for anyone like himself — even here... he has no interest in living undersea. But it's still a little disheartening hearing about so much variety and still being just as alone as he was back home, if not even more so. ]

...Do you like being human?

[ What kind of question is that? He doesn't look back to her, talks while watching the clouds, but there's a strange ruminative element to his voice that's not been present until now, that cannot be disguised. ]

I mean— you were a sea monster just now. If you didn't have to be human, would you wanna be anything else? Like— how the selkies can take off and put on their seal clothes? I mean—

[ He glances back to her, smirking a little again this time, but not the smug smirk he's worn so well. Just a lighthearted look. ]

Provided no one traps you or anything.