[ If he's the Twilight style vampire probably as long as he's been out in direct sunlight

please be the Twilight style vampire ]

They're much too small to eat, so I imagined that's why there's multiple. But it doesn't make the most sense, given how easy it is to go down to the beach and just fish them out... [ His gaze follow where Shell's looking to, and he perks a little in interest. ] Oh - I think those are eels? They're actually really small.

[ If he had enough, he could probably make a stew or something... ]

Do you want to give it a try?