"Kind of the opposite here."

"...Hm?"

"Well, being a Miracle just seems better. Not as good as being mer, but still."

"Darwinist creatures aren't the Miracles though."

"What are they like?"

"Mostly like animals that already existed, with one little thing changed, and then another little thing changed, until you have a giant squid that eats sharks and ships for breakfast, or a flying whale, or a war bear." She shudders.

"War bears sound cute!"

"No they don't they're terrifying."

"Wait, real bears are big, aren't they?"

"Bigger than the walker. And war bears are twice as tall as that with teeth and claws as long as your arm."

"Sounds scary. Like orcas."

"Yeah, Darwinist monsters are scary. They have flying whales, you know, and what they call kraken - giant squid that can even eat whales."

"You ever seen an orca?"

"Maybe a picture of one, in a museum? I'm not sure if it was some other kind of whale."

"Orcas are the scariest things ever."

"Do mer people get attacked by them?"

"Sometimes. My mum knew some people who got eaten."

"Should figure out what Orcas are scared of and have that. Do guns work underwater? ... Probably not. Bet I could make one that does."

"I asked that once, apparently bullets don't work properly."

"If the water's like a bullet hitting a wall constantly, yeah. Tesla coil? No, you'd just shock yourself. If bullets don't work maybe bombs. I don't know that much about weapons though."

A woman drops down from the sky behind Walta. 

...Who is still pondering the benefits and drawbacks of various weapons. You can get used to anything; Just Another Person With Powers. 

"I don't believe I remember you from the school."

"-Right! I'm supposed to be mad because appearing-guy randomly appeared me out of the middle of a workshop!"

"Pardon?"