Oh no, he's looked at him plenty of times, at this point he was only able to look at him due from the waves
?:"W-Well...I guess thank you, n-now what exactly are you?"
"AH-W-I-I-I'm a human!! Just a-regular, human guy, hehe!"
?:"No your not, no human has these type of ears, nor the scales! Don't think i-i'm stupid, I can see-!"
"HF...."
He shrank back a bit, eyes wide. He was frightened-
?:"...J-Just tell me what you are, I already have enough t-things to worry about, and I don't need to wonder what saved me from drowning-"
"W-I-I-I'm not-"
?:"J-Just tell me-, a-alright?! I-I...I just don't want you doing that to me..-"
"D-Doing what!? W-What do you think I-I'm going to do-I-I'm not a monster-!"
?:"H-How am I supposed to know that?! I-I can't know if I don't k-know WHAT you are!!"
At this point...he seemed far ruder than he looked...
"HF-I-I-I thought-"
He looked away
"quietly ....merman."