[ Wait, hold on, he's going to double check that he does not, in fact, have gills. Because the scientists could have given him gills or, more likely, Gabriel could have given him gills for the sake of a punchline.
But when he is certain he has not suddenly gained gills when he wasn't looking - how is that an actual fear, what is his life - he resumes his confused denials. ]
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[ Wait, hold on, he's going to double check that he does not, in fact, have gills. Because the scientists could have given him gills or, more likely, Gabriel could have given him gills for the sake of a punchline.
But when he is certain he has not suddenly gained gills when he wasn't looking - how is that an actual fear, what is his life - he resumes his confused denials. ]
I don't have gills!