[ He understands, in a way that some things are simply hard to describe. Nonetheless he ponders it, if just for a few seconds. ]

...Oh! [ Well, actually. ] So if you talk to the water -- have you met anyone else that can do that here? I remember a boy who can hear water too. Or, I know that he talks to it. [ It'd been a while. ] Have you met him? He's about my age.