Luna backed away from Cora while sighing "Yes, mother,"
Cora looked to the woman when she asked her, and she was about to try and answer again, but the woman kept speaking and eventually told someone named Xuan to go and get some tuna. She looked to see a merman nearby leave the cave. After he was gone, Cora this time managed to get herself off of the cave floor, and get herself floating (albeit she had to use her tail a couple of times to keep her from sinking again). 
Luna looked to Cora and she asked "So, what's your name? Oh wait…you can't tell us can you?"
Cora thought about it, before her facial expression changed to show she had an idea. She gestured, using her hands to look like she was writing, hoping to convey that she could write and communicate with them that way, since she had no idea how to use telepathy like the merpeople in front of her. 

Soon the merman from earlier, Xuan returned with another, and Cora listened as the clearly older merman introduced himself and his family. After he did so, Cora decided to try and introduce herself. She gestured the letters of her name, [i]C-O-R-A[/i], and then pointed at herself, in hopes that they would understand her self-introduction. When Roe mentioned that she was found in the midnight, she raised a confused eyebrow. What did he mean by in the midnight? She answered his question with a shake of her head. She could remember that strange woman and what she did to her on the beach. But unless midnight referred to the beach, then she wouldn't be able to answer his question. 

When Shine handed her the small bits of tuna, Cora nodded, trying to gesture a thank you to Shine. She listened as Shine and Roe talked to each other about Cora's parents, which in turn made Cora pale in anxiety. Cora knew that after this incident, if she were to go back, her parents would probably never let her out of a house alone ever again. She silently told herself that there was probably no turning back now if she valued her freedom. 

As Mimi spoke, Cora wondered if they would know anything about the strange woman she just met, and if they know how she can go back to being human again. Wait…do they even know about humans, or are humans myth to them just as merpeople are myth to humans? Wait! This was probably another dream anyways! Why was she worrying about this?! She could just wake up in her bed anytime soon! A million thoughts was flying around in Cora's mind, as tried to think of what to do.