"you are the only creature who has offered me any sympathy!"
Mr. Cameo wept freely and the whale whimpered with empathy.
Crying their hearts out together, the two formed a close bond.
After several weeks of this, Mr. Cameo, an engineer and inventor,
got back to work and created a radio that allowed him to talk
to the whale while he swam beneath the sea.
This went on for many more weeks.
In April, Mr. Cameo brought his date home early
so he could talk to his friend the whale.
"You talk to whales?" she asked. He never saw her again.

In May, after his period of mourning was over,
the whale rejoined his herd.
He did not tell them about Mr. Cameo.
When the other belugas asked him
about the device piercing his dorsal fin,
he told them mysteriously that it had a personal meaning.
It made him very attractive to the young females.
Soon he found another mate
and brought her to meet Mr. Cameo.
That was the last time Mr. Cameo saw his friend the whale,
but he still listens to him on his radio
and finds it a great comfort
to hear the singing of the herd.