[ It is certainly easier to make conversation when she's not waist-height to everyone else around her. To the other woman's question--Natasha, it seems--Ariel nods with more confidence. Her favorite thing about this place is all the people she gets to meet. It almost makes up for how awful the timing has been. ]

Yes! I found myself in the--the pool not very long ago. [ It has a funny smell, but she copes with it. ] Natasha? That's a neat name. Humans have such interesting ones! I'm Ariel.