Diamond in the rough (open)

Jigano hadn't been expecting a response in words, and he was almost swamped by a wave instead of floating over the top of it when the reply came back. Luckily his body knew what to do even when his mind was distracted, and he continued to snake his way through the water.

A little herpetology pun, there.

He couldn't see the other ... Attuned? properly yet either, only catching the occasional glimpse of a fanned tail. Now that he was in the water the waves blocked his vision more often than they cleared it, and it was all he could do to keep on course for the rocks. I'm Jigano. Here-- he tried to raise his head up, but he couldn't raise it far without risking part of his body sinking, and quickly dropped flat again. Ah, the white snake heading for the rocks near you. I'll be there in a minute. Less than that, as it turned out. The python was a powerful swimmer, far more graceful riding the waves than his dragon form was and more buoyant than any of his mammalian shapes. Who are you?

He found a rock before he found a person, and he worked on throwing a coil of himself high enough onto it to catch its rough surface with his scales and pull himself further along, seeking the other Attuned (or so he assumed) with whom he spoke.