There'd been a frown starting between Newt's eyebrows--a slight grimace at the mention of the place being tougher on some than others. Because yeah, these places are always tough, and this one sounds pretty high up there on the toughness scale. But when Ginko gets into what kind of changes people started to go through there, his eyes get a little round and wide behind his glasses. "A merperson?" He's leaning forward again, this time with interest. "What kind of changes happened to me--him--" ...wait. Newt shakes his head. "Shit, you know what I mean, though. Other Me. What happened?"