He caught the grimace and grinned as if it had been applause. He even offered some underwater bowing, before following the other.

"Hey, we make a good team!" he said, coming close. "And we match!" he said happily pointing to the odd patches around his own eye. "Um,. normally there would be fire, but this ocean thing is kind of a wet blanket..."

Bonus pun for Quilt, the person whose form he had copied. He missed Quilt. A lot.