"What do you call running wild?"
Nerida, hands on hips, regained her confidence, "We're all part of Reef Island, what's wrong with me visiting here? The island used to belong to us mermaids, this place was originally our territory!"
The gigantic Sha Hua Fishman, with a neck long and sinuous like a serpent, looked down upon Nerida with disdain, sneering, "You'd better have a reason for being here."
His lantern-like gaze then shifted to Ybur and Afu Jiala, "And who might these two be? Oh, they must be surface dwellers. Has your train arrived again?"
Afu Jiala bristled under his contemptuous stare, "You—"
Before she could speak, Ybur covered her mouth with a tentacle, then hastily said, "Indeed, the Sha Hua Fishmen haven't been very active in regards to trade, which is why the train rarely caters to the Sha Hua Fishmen. I believe this isn't right, so we've come this time to understand in detail what the Sha Hua Fishmen need."