"Yeah, well, just think how handy it'll be on land," he says. He'd come around the front of the car, and was trying to force the hood open, so his words come out almost grunted. There's not a whole lot he can do with just his bare hands, and the metal was digging into his hands. He slips his fingers out from between the metal and looks around him. Something to jimmy the hood latch should work. He just needed to find the right piece of metal.