[His clout in this fight is completely dependent on his ability to physically resist and plunge Dave right back into the watery depths below. That said, any sort of time stoppage would render him completely useless. Worse, being captchalogued and spun out into the water would make him a literal cannonball. He can only rely on this being fair. Which, it's probably somewhat abysmal in chances.

It calls back to when he had to take Dave's shadow on, and knowing that direct encounter with his abilities would lead to utter bullshit going down, and as considers the options here, he'd have to go for a distraction. Strategy. If it wouldn't be so obvious, he'd be rubbing his chin right now.]

Oh, y'know. You could try to toss me in there. But... I'm pretty sure it's like. Definitely mutually assured destruction. How about we call it quits while we're ahead, yeah?

[A confident step forward as he approaches Dave, much like he's offering trust to be taken.]

Eh, I got a towel for ya. [A few more steps.] You're not too cold, are you? [Still trying to close some of that distance between them. He offers out a hand to Dave.] Let's get you dried off.