Or it could try to drive them into the ocean, but he doesn't want to think too hard about that. He's not sure if he can drown, but he feels no real need to test that hypothesis.

"If it attacks, I'm more inclined to run away than try to fight it."

He isn't sure how well pulling a statement from it would go. He doesn't know if he'd be able to do that again and it had exhausted him so much.