"It's a term of endearment," he said. Like 'pumpkin' or 'sugar-pie' or 'darling'. Except she had snakes for hair and turned men into stone and frankly was crazier than the craziest people he knew, and she didn't look anything like a pumpkin. Those terms just weren't suitable for her.
"I don't have a home in the sea anymore." Oceans were pretty much all the same, but without a home it just felt empty.
"I don't think they give building permits for projects out there."