There's something calming about it, or he finds. So that makes sense to him.

Oooops! But really, he'll explain more, as best he can. He has a very complicated relationship with the religious side of his heritage, and he was once fairly religious so it's odd for him too.

(Israel isn't landlocked Annie! He actually lived on the coast. But VERY HIGH HEAT and SEAFOOD is a bad mix, ok. Only if you are eating it AS YOU CATCH IT.)