[It suddenly hits Marco that he may be digging himself into a hole here. Unfortunately, it only hits him AFTER he's gotten out the following three words:]

What happened to--

[He swears he just wanted to help, and yet here he is blurting out intrusive questions the answers to which just don't matter.]

W-What I mean to say - Well, you see, since I'm a merman, and, ah, I'm assuming you're new, and-- and I heard something, actually, what just happened? In any case, my point was...

[Is he the one who needs help now??]