He waits and watches as instructed while Kisame demonsrates how to pet a shark. When he gets the go-ahead, he xloses the distance between them once more. Not knowing if the shark knows the standard Kiri signs taught at the academy, he forgoes greeting the shark and carefully copies the motions he was shown.

Shark skin is an odd combination of smooth and rough, and while he's touched sharks before, he's never been around a friendly shark before.