Ripley looked back to Kassy, still breathing underwater...which is a weird thought to be processing right now, and listened to her speak. Even her panicked state, she could still tell that Kassy thought was insane. She tried to clarify to Kassy, slowly becoming slightly distressed again, "No! Nononono! You don't understand! Merpeople don't exist! My family and friends are back on land-" She then stopped and realized something with wide eyes. Apparently she [i]can[/i] get back her legs and go back if this woman's words were right.

She slowly restated that thought, "I can go back to land...it's possible for me to go back to land and get my legs back?!" She then started to move, "You know, maybe I'll take that swim with you, I-WO-WOOOOAAAH!" As she had moved, she found herself falling off of the grotto shelf she was on, down the very short distance to the grotto floor. She muttered "Ow..." as she picked herself up. 

As she moved her tail once again, she found that while she may be able to feel it, she has no idea how to use it. To Kassy, it would be reminiscent to how a very young child learns how to swim for the first time. She grumbled "What...? Oh come on! How hard can it be to use this thing?!" No matter how hard she kicked, the tail wasn't working as she wanted it to. With a groan, Ripley relented and said "You know what? Never mind. This is fine. This is [i]totally[/i] fine!" Her voice was laced with sarcasm. She then decided "I'll just crawl my way back to land then..." She then started crawling, now determined to get herself back home. 

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Gill seemed to freeze and stare at Brendan like a wild animal when he spoke to him. While Brendan spoke on the phone, he would hear the familiar voice of the customer from earlier shout in the phone, "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?! WHAT DID YOU DO WITH RIPLEY YOU SICKO!?" 
Another voice could be heard on the other side, clearly trying to calm down the shouting voice, "Zack! Calm down! It didn't sound like he was holding her hostage! He said he found her phone on the beach," 
"Maybe that's what this guy [i]wants[/i] us to believe!"

While the two on the other end argued, Brendan asked his question to the geezer. Gill answered, his voice feeble and shaking "Oh...? I found it on that cliff up there," He then points upward towards a jagged rock on the cliff that overlooked the ocean above the hidden beach. The cliff looks precarious, like if someone jumped or fell, they would definitely land in the ocean...