Tamatoa continued to keep his distance for the first few days, trying to think up ways to impress these people while at the same time not wanting to unnerve them by hovering. The crab was also trying to get used to the idea that humans aren't all bad; he had Moana to think of as an example, after all… but sometimes it was hard to convince himself. But the villagers seemed peaceful enough, aside from the occasional glare. He probably didn't have to worry about any of them trying to start trouble with him. Probably.

The decapod would observe them from afar as they did their usual routines, and Moana would give him a rundown of what people's jobs were and their daily practices. (Though he got distracted by her sparkly crown a lot. Took a lot of willpower not to pluck it off her head, honestly.)

Man, they have surprisingly complicated lives for such tiny little buggers, all the things they do to survive… but they didn't seem to mind it, so hey, as long as they're happy?

It's amazing, how happy they can be. Must come from being such social creatures.

One sunny morning, Tamatoa noticed Sina approaching some fisherman that looked very perplexed due to one of their boats. It seemed to be badly damaged; he figured it must have happened during a fishing trip somehow. The crab watched as they slowly moved the boat across the beach by rolling it on logs, stopping every few feet to move some logs from the back to the front so they could keep moving.

Huh. How tedious. Surely there must be a faster way to—

… Ooo. Oohoho~. Idea~.

"How did this happen?" Sina asked as she moved to the back to help with one of the logs.

"We don't know," One of them answered, frowning. "We were pulling up the traps, and something in the water just seemed to push our boat into the rocks. It happened so fast, we didn't get a good look at what did it. We must've startled a shark or something…"

"Hmm… Perhaps…" Sina pondered, wondering if a shark could apply enough force to drive them into the rocks. She was distracted from her thoughts when the damaged boat was suddenly lifted into the air by a large claw.

"Don't worry, just me." Tamatoa said with a smirk after they gave him some alarmed looks. "Thought you could use a little help."

Sina blinked, exchanging surprised glances with the fishermen. "Oh… Uh… Thank you, Tamatoa."

"No problem, Si." He replied, knowing he shouldn't call her 'babe', but still didn't like using full names all the time. "Where do you want it?"

The group led Tamatoa back to the village, directing him to the area they'd like him to set the boat for repairs. Thanking him once more, Sina and the others went to work fixing the canoe as the crustacean headed back to the beach.

Tamatoa felt victorious; finally he had figured out a way to get on their better side! There were tons of things these humans did that are big challenges to them, but no problem for the giant crab. It would be so easy to lighten their workload. The thought of it made him a bit giddy.

… Wait a second. Was he actually enjoying the thought of helping gross little humans? Has he gone mad? He's from Lalotai, for Te Fiti's sake, he shouldn't be—

…

You know what. No. He's not in Lalotai anymore. It's… It's okay to behave like this. He had to stop forgetting that.