In case he showed up?! This was his family! These people, though they walked on two legs, breathed air, and lived upon the land...they were his family, now. By association with Juliet, perhaps, but soon they would be legitimate family through ceremonial bond when he and Juliet wed. But, that and the joyous news was for another time when they were not there to remember the lost.
Now, Cristiano hadn't spent much time with any of the three who had disappeared, but he was certainly glad to talk about them with others and listen to what they had to say. Grief was difficult. He appreciated someone listening to a silly story he had to tell when he lost his grandfather many years back. It was the little things that made everything else feel okay. So the merman swam up into the pool and after a deep breath of water hoist himself up to sit on the ledge. Cris was fine 'breathing' the air for about twenty minutes, thirty if he really had to push it, and with the pool there he could simply drop back in for a breath when needed. His tail, so massive with it's many blue toned fine with yellow streaks, flipped along the surface. When Sookie stopped in he smiled and waved, greeting her happily as he almost always did. He offered the same welcome to anyone that came down to the serene little pool.