[Hajime appears in the pool of tears with a splash, swims over to the side of the pool to take the earplugs, and at least has the good graces to look a little sheepish. A little splash behind him indicates that Ryo the mantis shrimp has made it over as well.]

Thanks.

[He'll put them in a little bag on his belt, right next to the kama he's got hanging there. Totally harmless mermaid with those handheld sickles he's toting around.]