Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of death and animal cruelty and death.

Three months later, Sophia and the aquanaut have become friends. They’re at Aqualand together, and Sophia mentions how she and her dad used to trade seashells before each research trip. She carries the last one he gave her around her neck, and it’s the perfect shape for a hermit crab. The aquanaut pays for a mermaid keychain with a gold coin, shocking the clerk. Sophia and the aquanaut run away, laughing together, until they reach the arena where the new orca show is taking place. Sophia doesn’t want the aquanaut to see it, but it’s too late, and the sea creatures stare into the orca’s eyes. Sodapop can tell that the orca is scared and wants to see more. The petting pool is filled with animals who look exhausted and pained, and the fish tanks have dead fish in them. Sophia can see that the sea creatures are upset and tries to explain that her father would never have approved of any of this. When people want to take pictures with the aquanaut, Sophia intervenes and pulls them away into a hidden room.