When his eyes widened like that, Tucker--

Stop. He needed to save him. One arm wrapped around that body as he pulled his waist close to him, and if this human was looking for legs to kick with his own, he would be searching for awhile. Fins waved as he pushed himself up towards the bright flickers of light when the lightning sparked, the easiest guidance he had. He needed to get there. He needed--

Tucker squeezed him a little tighter was he pushed through a current, the final one before they crested the top to sweet, sweet air. The ship was tossing on the waves some distance off already; it was amazing how fast things could happen in a storm. A wave dropped down on them again, and Tucker tightened his grip as he felt them being pushed towards a tall, wide rock that practically could have been a small island, cave and all.

Good, somewhere for this guy to breathe and cough up half the sea that he swallowed. "Hold on as tight as I know you want to," and he guided them over. They weren't too horribly far from shore; he was pretty sure he could get the guy back when the weather calmed down.

Barring that this guy didn't turn out to be like everyone else.