Oceana only snorts, watching Sergius's face change. It's pretty obvious he's all hung up on missing this guy, and part of her feels for him. "The best ones are," she quips.

Her mouth twists in a rare display of sympathy. "That's a long fucking time. It's barely been three years since I was hatched and emerged from the ocean, leaving my mermaid sisters behind." Is she serious? Is she being ironic? We just don't know.