"I paddled you around on a board and you're scared of this?"

Teasing her is all part of the fun. He doesn't expect her to shake her fear in the first hour of rowing out across a lake, but he doesn't have to keep his mouth shut in the middle of it either. Besides, after shaking off the aftermath of the university, the way he sees it neither of them really need that much quiet.

He catches sight of a few ripples not too far away from their bobbers.

"Gettin' close. Keep it up."