"I can't promise I'll be any good at it, but have you given a look around, love? This place isn't exactly the safest you can find yourself." The city in general, of course, not the beach, though the existence of the sand sharks did lend credibility to the whole 'everywhere was dangerous' claim. "...was?" He assumed that meant he was dead, not returned, because you know, that's not common for him just yet.

"Oh, yeah, just last Thursday. Great, gnarled old lady sallied up beside me on her great white and asked if I wanted to hop on, growled at me through her singular tooth when I declined."