"Careful is my middle name," Ned assures him, getting to his feet and once again offering Daneel a hand up. "And I wouldn't want anything to happen to you, either." It's not a Law, either, for Ned. Just good old-fashioned friendship. "I won't let you drown, and I won't let me drown, either. We don't have to go in the water at all if you'd rather not."

See, all these little choices, little questions of preference, making up the average part of a human's day. Ned isn't going to make them for Daneel, though he's more than happy to provide a few ideas along the way, and keep him company and be a sounding board for him.