"No, you're not," he conceded, trailing a finger in the water. It seemed perfectly safe to him from this distance. Perhaps it was a one time effect, or didn't happen until a person was fully submerged...

"One bit me when I was a child. I assumed that they would all bite, even when I had the logical skills to refute that assumption. It was a base aversion, but...nothing would bite me here, would it?"

Billy considered the opportunity. He could do it...maybe...