Winterflap nodded. "Good. You can't be helpful if you can't be helped. Thank you for helping us help you help us all."
It wasn't so much a glare as a look of disappointment, but the message was the same. "Well, I know a lot about snow and such, and I'd be happy to come look at the beach. I share my work with you, so I'll let you share your work with me. And it is a nice beacj."