Annnd... Daia understands this whale. Can he talk to animals now? Did he have a dormant ability he never realised before? Can vampires communicate with animals???

He looks like his reality just unraveled.

"Yea... okay," he says, overwhelmed with amazement. Now he wants to see a whale help craft a sandcastle.

Maybe...? Maybe the whales in this world just function this way? He's trying so hard to wrap his head around it.