Well that's a real good way to burnout.

[Hank keeps moving back until he's at a big rock nearby, pressing his back to it and grabbing at it to try and anchor himself close to the ground.]

What other unimportant problems you solve today? Help little old merladies cross the deep water current, help a jellyfish out a tree?

[He takes a deep, slow breath, shudders at the feeling, and tightens his grip on the rock behind him. It's fine. If he's making stupid sea jokes, he's probably fine.]