"They're just-- they're so--" He put a hand on Shrieky's shoulder for emphasis. "So beautiful. They have stripes, you know. It's like, the stripes? They camouflage the krait when it's on land, then just." He removed his hand from the merman and waved it about as if his hand was, in fact, the snake. "It confuses the fish. It's an optical illusion." Rex leaned back and sighed happily, looking quite content for a moment, just kind of staring at nothing. He was clearly thinking about snakes. "They're really venomous." Smiling and nodding as if to confirm, yes, Shrieky, what I say is truth. "They're in the same family as the cobra, too," he added. Just in case Shrieky was wondering.