Mandragora hauls her in.

"Got the portal!" she says, heading straight for the map to point it out. "And several notes for whoever's tracking the monsters."

Are they already prepared to get in touch with the DRT about that or should Mandragora be stepping away from the very important job of hugging her girlfriend to make it happen?

Nope nope nope Clarice is so ready to take down notes, she's got a satellite connection and a tablet and a mapping program and she knows how to use all of these things.  She's absolutely thrilled to take down as many notes as Watershed can provide.

The portal's in this wrecked boat, right over there. It wasn't too harsh on her range, even, though she definitely needs to get back to local esper quarters for some quality time with her partner right away. These are the monsters she saw and what they were up to when she saw them; she also has guesses about where the ones swimming for shore will land, based on their trajectories and the shape of the currents ahead of them.

Well, if Watershed's in a bad way, they'll be happy to bring her back home.  Is there anything they need to do aside from hold the throttle all the way down and point the tender at a dock?

Will they be calling another helicopter too?

They will not; that helicopter stayed in place for her specifically.

Then returning to it should be all she needs!

Clarice really appreciates both the finding of the portal and the speed at which the portal was found.  Along with other San Diegans.  And maybe the Menagerie monsters will get contained before something Unfortunate happens.

The tender is indeed pointed at the shore and the throttle is held all the way down, unless any espers would prefer a less fun bumpy ride.  The crew are enjoying it, but they have their sea legs.

Water doesn't bother her.

Indeed.

In that case, it really isn't very long before Watershed and Mandragora are back on dry land.  Clarice will perform the ritual Earpro Handoff, and then take them to the helipad, thence to a pretty fancy-looking hotel.

Great! Pleasure doing business, it's guiding time now.