Smith was forced to remind himself that a water brother could not lead him into wrongful action.  Apprehensively he let himself be encouraged to walk around - and found that he did enjoy it and that the living creatures did not protest.  He set his sensitivity for such things as high as possible; his brother was right, this was their proper being - to be walked on.  He resolved to enfold it and praise it; the effort was much like that of a human trying to appreciate the merits of cannibalism - a custom which Smith found perfectly proper.