[observing Paula, who is feeding dolphins in a special pen]

What do you got 'em for?

Well, there's a big demand for dolphins. Lots of people want 'em, you'd be surprised. People buy them for their swimming pools. They think it's chic to have a dolphin for a pet. Like that craze for baby alligators in New York years back. When they got bored with 'em, they flushed them down the john. Now they got a sewage system swarming with blind, albino, shit-eating alligators.

[listening with a bemused look on his face]

I'm not too sure I believe that.

You're not one of those "intent on the truth" types, are you?

Well, not religious about it, no, but I...