Shrieky frowns, still leaning against the wall, his expression still slightly bemused. "You shouldn't thank someone, right after they tell you that they hate your species. You should... I don't know. You should be offended. Or angry with me."

It'd make more sense if he was. If someone told Shrieky that they hated Mermaids, then he would have been blind with rage. He would have screamed at them, he would have told them that they were wrong, and that he hated them or... something. He would have done something. And he certainly wouldn't have thanked them for accepting that he was the only non-evil mermaid.

"It is weird though." The relenting niceness was pretty weird as well, if he was honest. He doesn't know how to deal with you, Jae, "Was coming here weird for you, when you first arrived?"