I dunno! I just wanna see how sea monsters live here, I guess. Or, uh— what, lake monsters, I guess? Hah...!

[ He just has a gut feeling they won't take kindly to outsiders, because, well... he knows what sea monsters back home are like. They don't trust land monsters. And this kid definitely screams "human" to Alberto, somehow. He continues gawking and smiling as he makes lighthearted chit-chat, swimming along at a much more comfortable pace now. ]

So! What are sea monsters like where you're from? Where're you from, anyway, eh, ragazzo? Do they even have sea monsters there?

[ Not that you'd know it, Alberto, come on... You've never left Liguria. ]