Ah, it's not about feeling better! [he swims until he can touch bottom and sort of half-swims, half-runs the rest of the way to the beach. He puffs his feathers up and returns to his rock]

It's about the water. The saltwater really messes with my regular feathers... [he sits on the rock, turning his head and swiping his beak over the base of his tail. Then it's time to preen, unfortunately, just to get rid of most of the saltwater and top off the oil coating on his feathers]