[...and he doesn't know what to say now. He just clasps his hands together over his knees and looks down at the ground and...pauses.

It sure is peaceful now though. It's warm and the birds are chirping, and the sunshine drips down from the trees above, which is much more pleasant than the storm from before.

...and finally, he sighs.]

We probably pushed him too hard...I suppose Rei must have felt like he wasn't up to par, since he couldn't keep up. [His job as captain to make sure that didn't happen...]

So he decided to try to swim at night to catch up.

[Rei was sleeping in the same tent as him, so he should've noticed sooner--]