Dimitri patiently waits for Shrike to look over the various toys and balls on display, not thinking it will be too much of any sort of trouble. So, of course, that means he is completely caught off-guard by a question he is... not particularly equipped to handle.

"Ah," he says, for lack of any idea on what else to say for a moment. "Well, I suppose... Many of the games I have seen on the beach involve a... lighter ball? So one that goes through the air best...?"

Shoot he didn't think he'd be having to research best ball types here.