[Jade starts at his neck, first wrapping the tape around it, snug but not uncomfortably tight before writing down a note.]

Ah, really...

We don't wear clothes in the ocean I'm from. Well, most of us don't. Women and girls usually do, but otherwise, I didn't before I came to land. Other than jewelry of course.

[Clothes were still a bit odd at times. Jade hated anything loose and baggy, feeling too much like the fins of some kind of ornamental fish. He preferred more fitted ensembles.

He stepped behind Alberto to measure across his shoulders.]

Well, I suppose you might have lacked the funds to purchase anything on your own. But it shouldn't be so here, correct?