The Merman, My Man
I spoke to him slowly and softly, “Listen here, Dick… oh, no.”
Realizing what I had almost said, I awkwardly stopped myself. I intentionally slowed down the pace of my words so that he could understand what I said next. “Mr. Merman, I need your help. I will walk out there soon, but I hope you can find a place to hide. Then, you can wait for an opportunity to fight the people with guns.”
As I said that, I made a finger gun just like the one he made earlier and asked, “Do you know what I mean? Can you do it?”