"I might never want to leave."

So if Luca sets up shop in the room with the telescope and never goes to his actual room...well, Varian's been warned.

"Yeah, that's fine. You can lean on me."

It definitely will work better than Luca trying to pull a leg off a piano. Luca gladly lends support, and once they get out of the water, as his skin starts to dry, the scales recede leaving skin in their place.