[China can't help but chuckle.] Understandable. I wouldn't want to swim all the way across either. [Why would anyone go for a swim when it was still cold?]

I can get across with Lien-Hua, aru. Hopefully by the time I reach you, the fish will have evolved.

Then, perhaps... [He trails off.] Then, you could get across easily, aru. [That wasn't what he had originally planned on saying, but it sounded better this way.]