Did you not just generalize, as you say? Mermaids draw sailors to their deaths and so on? Do not lecture me when you do the same.

[But she tilts her head up defiantly.] Would. Accept your help, I mean. Am not so prideful that I would not; my tail means more than you know. Getting it, going home and seeing my family again mean more to me than the loss of pride at cooperating with a human.

Am fine with waiting until I return. Waited very long time, waiting a little more is nothing. Time goes in a blink to me.

...Besides, have already asked CERES. It is nearly impossible, I think. [Oona shrugs, but it's clear it bothers her.]