Okay, now we're back at the beginning of the chapter, where we find out what's up with the little mermaid girl. Okay, so now we get to see what the heck's going on between the two little mermaids. The little mermaid's name is zi, and she's the niece of the guy who grabbed the mermaid pearl from the palm of my hand. Um, yeah, that's right, it's zi's auntie, the one who took the mermaid girl away from her family when she was a child. Um...what's that girl doing? She's blowing up bubbles, and the auntie is trying to carry her on her back, but she can't. The auntie is all, "Oh, I'm here to see my little cousin . . and I've got to find out where she is." Um, okay, we'll get to that in a second. The mermaid girl is smiling at the auntie, who's trying to figure out where her little niece is. The girl was only a little over a year old when the auntie took her away from the family, but the whole tribe of mermaids was annihilated when she returned from her trip. So, if zi is indeed her auntie's niece,