Nah, I'm just messin' with ya. It's only natural to reach for what's familiar. You're the smart one for not takin' a stranger on a weird beach at their word.

[ ryouma smiles sheepishly. maybe he feels a little guilty for teasing, but he acts before he thinks sometimes. ]

This is why they usually have people better than me showin' up as Wakers. I just happened to be out here.

[ which makes him wonder if he should take people surfacing near him as a sign or pure coincidence since he was out here thinking about the ocean and whatever's in it, but he has plenty of time to think about that later. ]