"My great age, my undisputed sway, and my exceptional length." "I don't b'lieve I'd care to live so long," remarked Cap'n Bill thoughtfully.
"So long as seven thousand four hundred and eighty-two feet, five inches and a quarter ?" asked the Sea Serpent.
"No, I mean so many years," replied the sailor.
"But what can one do if one happens to be a sea serpent ?" Anko inquired.

"There is nothing in the sea that can hurt me, and I cannot commit suicide because we have no carbolic acid or firearms or gas to turn on.

So it isn't a matter of choice, and I'd about as soon be alive as dead.

It does not seem quite so monotonous, you know.

But I guess I've stayed about long enough, so I'll go home to dinner.