"You're used to fighting weapon wielding... wait. Harpoons?"

Victor's finally caught offguard by this. "Are they thinking creatures?" Trying to understand boundaries between sapient and tool using is difficult; most things he runs into are likely sentient, but being able to think critically and creatively on top of that? How far has his human arrogance really clouded his ability to think of other individuals and species as being on similar planes? He doesn't know, though after the Fek and the Trilk he thinks he's had crash courses in coming up against vastly different physical and cultural differences that can't be muddled through on passing familiarity with body language.

Still, tool using is surprising for something that... attacks in sewers and underground waterways?

So far nothing darts in front of Victor again, though his headlamp faces forward and he moves his eyes without turning his head. Not the greatest for his night vision, but it does act as something of a gentle deterrent. (Until it doesn't.)