[ he watches the exchange off to the side as well as the awkward pause that follows. when most others seem to take their moment only after they've sent a craft off into the water, it does stand out as interesting. ambling over, he pretends to hold some interest in the other boats out on the water for a little bit before eventually speaking. ]

It's not going to walk onto the water by itself, you know. [ if he had a cigarette, this would normally be when he takes a puff and pretends to be distracted by it before speaking again. but he doesn't, so eliot just rolls his shoulders and tilts his head to the side, still watching the boats drifting further out. ] Sometimes you just have to take the leap instead of thinking about what leaping actually means.