Ah. That changes things. He smiles apologetically himself.

"Well, let's just do our best to stick together out there, then." Maybe she will be useless in the water, but he's not going to ditch her because of it. If anything, he's going to be more aggressive about trying to keep her safe.

Gil tenses as the kelpies reach them, bracing himself for the impossibility of this whole situation. The blade slashes easily through his ties and he tries to launch himself at the kelpie in a useless moment of defiance. He pitches head-first into the skin they throw over him.

The feeling of the change is probably never going to leave him.

He hits the ground disoriented, just in time to see Meredith get the same treatment.