"Uwah! Squid friend!" The creature is shaking a little too much now. Leo isn't quite sure what to do with it. He doesn't want to drop it back onto the sand, but he also doesn't want to think that he might be hurting it by hauling it around like this.

The edge of the water is close. He takes a few more fumbling steps forward and gives the squid a little toss toward the waves. Hopefully it'll land safely and not come to too much harm in the process.

"Are you okay? Speak to me, squidling!" Not that the squid had been speaking before, but clearly it had been trying to communicate.