[Lapis' quick thinking makes this next part easier. When she holds out her arms, he actually hesitates for a moment-- and then he gives it to her, shaking off a gull in the process. That's when he notices that the other gulls have been subdued or driven away by shadows all around them.

... Not an ability he's seen before, but very cool nonetheless.

With his hands now free and the crisis dealt with, he takes a minute to chew and swallow the bite of hamburger he'd been hanging onto this whole time. ... It's not bad.]

It should be fine. The circuitry is housed in the core, which managed to stay above the waves until I got there. There are no exposed wires in the legs, so that if it rained it wouldn't be in danger.

[He sends a brief glare at the gulls circling far overhead, and then he looks back at Lapis.]

Was that your magic just now?