*stops reading chapter 3 mid-page; immediately googles up images of "choriaster"; lol lol lols; return to finish reading chapter 3.*
Also, chapter 3 (and the reaction to the starfish) reminded me of the times my bf gripes about how "absurd" penises and penile reactions are, saying stuff like "sexual stimuli aside, there's no damn logic to them! Feel a breeze? Stiffy. Underwear too comfortable? Chubby. Underwear too uncomfortable? Chubby. Random event of utterly no significance? Get hard. -- They're really absurd appendages."
Ero Yume Aquarium