He knew what it was like to want for something in the past that was no longer a reality. He struggled with something of the sort everyday that he currently lived. He yearned to be what he was supposed to be and then there were days where he was resigned to his fate and just lived. Or tried to live to the best of his abilities. It was tough, a burden that weighed upon his shoulders and sometimes left him slumped and isolated for days. Days where he didn't move at all and just laid in one spot doing absolutely nothing. But the past was the past and he really needed to get over what had happened. It wasn't making him any happier knowing but then again living like this wasn't exactly making him happy either. He felt hideous with skin a slippery grey and no fur to keep himself warm. A tail that was too thick and ended in an asymmetrical fin, sharp and giving him the ability to swim quicker. And who wanted to look at someone that had undulating gills on the side of their neck! A face scrunched up his nostrils and his eyes for a short moment before a strange scent entered his nostrils, definitely something he hadn't smelled before. Curiosity killed the cat but he wasn't just a cat any more.

Webbed paws tested the ground as he stepped forward, a lazy energy about him as he hummed a light tune to himself. He was a bit thirsty but he'd get something to drink later on because right now he was on a mission. His ears pulled forward as he spoke out into the open air with ease as he entered the vicinity of the stranger. "Oi there! Who might you be?" Pearl colored eyes narrowed for a moment as the sun flashed into his optics, a shimmer of rainbow bouncing in his irises for a moment before he blinked and realized just how big the creature was that he was talking to. Damn. He swallowed hard and tilted his head a it, gills flexing as he rolled his shoulders. Alright, alright. He could handle this and his eyes wandered over the large lioness. They were near water so he could make a quick escape if he had to but he really didn't want teeth sunk into him. "Just to let ya know, I smell like fish and I have a really bad fishy after taste. So don't go tryin' to bite." Yeah, call attention to that. A sigh left his throat before he shrugged his shoulders a bit. "Name's Monroe by the way and this is Sunhaven. Ya need a place to stay or somethin'?'

"No.....fish....? The way in which he phrased his words made them come out like a strange teasing question. But in all honesty he was very much confused because he thought that fish were, well, everywhere. There wasn't a place he did not visit that didn't have some type of fish but he supposed he had not been everywhere then. Traveling was what he had done when he had stopped sulking under the waves and had finally decided to do something with this life. To change himself around so to speak but maybe he should have did a bit more exploring before coming back home. The desert, huh. Wondered what a place like that was like? It sounded...dry. A shudder rippled through him at the idea of it being too dry for comfort as he needed to be at least around some water to keep his skin hydrated to some degree. It was dangerous to be dried out for too long even if he did like sunbathing the water was still a partial home for him and he would have to manage his coming and goings. Shaking his head a bit the creature focused back on the strange big feline when he noticed the way she was looking over his form.

Immediately his thoughts ran to what she was seeing and he felt his shoulders hunch a little bit. He always hated this part, the staring and look over. It was hard to fight the irrational thoughts that plagued his mind, that all they saw was an abomination, a freak. Something to look down upon and just plain disgusting. Unnatural. No one looked at him that way when he had been beautiful and they groveled at his paws. Her paws. He snapped himself out of it and forced himself to just think about something else. After all some were just curious of his looks and even with that nagging voice in the back of his head he fought to believe it was just curiosity. Just that. He straightened himself visibly before giving a careless smile, sharp teeth showing for a mere moment as he gave a light flick of one of his grey ears. He couldn't help but take note of her snow white fur that shinned in the sunlight. And he also took note of her missing leg. Had she lost it in a fight or something else happened and it had to be cut from her body? Well, he had no reason to pry into her life as he didn't want to nor did he think she would appreciate something like that either. "Cool. Would it be fine if I just call ya Mama? Don't want to overstep, lass." He didn't want to end up on the wrong side of a fight.

Shifting his gaze back to the village of buoyant buildings on the coast he snickered a bit. Man, if that was all his he would be having a laugh and then promptly crying because of bad management. "Nah, I just live here but ya are more than welcomed to stay if ya like. We have lots of room here at Sunhaven. But seriously, ya never seen the ocean? There is an abundance of life in those waves. I could show ya sometime if ya would like." There was more life in the ocean's waves than on land and it was a beautiful spectacle to behold in his mind. Or maybe he was just being biased but he liked it now that he had gotten a chance to actually explore it. Made living this way easier to bare and that was all that mattered to him. When she turned back to him he gave a beckoning with his fin as he pushed himself to stand, webbed paws splaying for a moment to balance as he turned toward the buildings. "Ya can pick yaself a place to stay. It'll be all your's."