He looks up at her with an incredulous expression.

"Yes. That's what my entire business model is based on. Not many ocean-bound monsterkind are as inclined to conduct business with land-dwellers as I am--the complications should be evident."

Like the thing he's sitting on.

"So I take advantage of the demand. Though...I've been in the business in Bayside for long enough that few of them count as strangers anymore."