[So Sampo hadn't really felt like Gepard's idiot up until this point, because he was worried about the paper getting wet but somehow completely forgot that Gepard is also wet. That's. That's a big thing to overlook, he gave paper to a fish and expected there to not be any problems? Is he stupid? Did he actually get brain damage from that hypothermia?]

Oh.

[Yeah, he's feeling Big Dumb right now. He doesn't know how deep merfolk live, but apparently deep enough to not be able to see the sun, so that also makes sense for the whole telling time thing. Maybe merfolk have a different way that they determine time? Something that works that far underwater? Why didn't he consider the possibility that they live too deep to see the sun, he knows that they try to avoid humans.]

[Gepard mercifully changes the subject before Sampo's ego can take an absolute pummeling.]

Fishing nets? Oh! Yeah, there are a ton of them up in Boulder Town. People fish all the time.

[It's like, half the economy of this place, technically. Island people do a lot of fishing, even in cold and turbulent waters.]

I have to run some things back up to my doctor friend, so I could get some nets for you if you'll be okay for a little while? I can run back up to town and be back in a little over an hour, maybe?

[He'd be hustling, but, y'know, he's got motivation. His aquatic boo is going to hang around for a while, this is basically like hosting a friend and not having blankets for them.]