"True. The last thing most people would be concerned with is what's on the shelves and what has been bumped or fallen to the floor. But these are our supplies and our food, and I think it's a great idea to look out for them."

He folds his arms and smiles. "It is worrying, especially since there are swarms of large crabs down there, and they keep trying to eat the unconscious mer-people. We kill the crabs wherever we find them, and some of us are picking up the comatose people and moving them inside houses and rooms with solid doors. But as for what else, there is an artifact or a sculpture on top of a square column in front of the largest building in the city, a large glowing seashell that looks like a nautilus. We don't know what it is for, but it is the source of the light that is shining up from the ocean."