Mr. Briney, who is retired, comes out of retirement briefly when he hears that a Relicanth has been spotted. He clearly holds great passion for it, raving about its rarity and how ancient it is. While fishing for Relicanth, Briney finds Ruby, floating and unconscious in the middle of the sea. Briney hauls him in with a fishing net. When Ruby wakes up, Briney introduces himself, not asking any questions about why Ruby was stranded in the middle of the ocean. When Ruby asks him why he doesn't ask about it, Briney responds that fishermen aren't nosy people. Ruby explains what happened and Briney remarks that there have been a lot of earthquakes near Sootopolis recently. Briney adds that, beside earthquakes, it's always good to know nature well in general: for example, seeing a flock of seagul