He looks at Levi. "Is she dumb?"

Levi shrugs.

And now Michael is in a suddenly-appearing underwater whirlpool. My, what a surprisingly coincidental happenstance.

"Why do you need to be secret?"

<Because Maurice prefers it.>

"...Why?"

<I do not know.>

"See, that's better than being all dumb about questions. Are you two Miracles?"

More whirlpooling. <No.>

"THEN WHAT ARE YOU?"

<I am the Morrígan.>

"What does that mean?" he says wearily.

<It is what I am.>

An idea strikes him. "How are you different from me?"

<I am not human nor mer.>

Hmm, he decides to pursue this further. "Where did you come from?"

<Another world.>

"Are you and the other one the same kind of thing?"

<That depends on what you mean by 'kind of thing.'>

He tries to find the appropriate mer word. "Species?"

<No.>

"How is the lizard one different from you?"

<He was created from different parts.>

"Of the same thing, or two different things?"

<Two different things.>