This is the Dome? It seems impossible... but then again, Zorlo has told me amazing things about this place where he works. She got up from the bed after a moment, glancing out the window of the ship, curious about something. Dark Selene had not shown herself in a long time now. Although Selene had, at times, sensed her talking to herself about something, as if trying to convince herself about a decision. She noticed Zorlo was staring at her, still smiling.

"Thinking about something, my love?" he asked.

"No, nothing to worry about," Selene replied, smiling. "What is this, anyway? Where are we?"

"It seems we've landed on a cruise ship, my love." Her husband-to-be glanced around. "A rather big one, at that."

"A... cruise ship?" Selene repeated, unsure of what this meant. "What is a cruise ship?"

"Haven't you ever been on a boat, milady?" Zorlo asked, a somewhat surprised look on his face.

"A.. boat?"

Zorlo chuckled and took her hands, leading her to a window and gesturing. "Look outside! We're on the ocean."

Selene paused before surveying the vast aqua rolling waves, no speck of land visible. "How are we not sinking? Doesn't this... cruise ship weigh a lot?" She asked innocently, blinking a few times. She had never heard of anything like this, and it was quite interesting for her. "In heaven, we have lakes and rivers, but no oceans. Is an ocean like a lake?"

"Yes, only much bigger." Zorlo laughed as he took her hands in his own. "Come and let us explore!" He swung open the door and Selene tagged along behind him, smiling as she came upon one of the multiple decks.

"Oh! Oh! Zorlo!" She dragged him back so suddenly, he nearly stopped. "Look! Those animals! They look like they're in trouble! Shouldn't we help them?"

He looked in the direction she pointed, and began to laugh. "No, no, my love. Those are dolphins. No wonder you've never seen any. They don't live in lakes. They're jumping like that because they're happy."

"Oh..." She paused, putting a hand to her lips, enlightened by this new information. "Well. If they're happy, than that's good! Hello, dolphins!" After a moment, a shrill squeak erupted from one. "Did you hear that, Zorlo? They said hello back!" She was thrilled.

Zorlo loved the fact that his future wife was so innocent, almost like a child in some ways. "Any more questions, my love?"

"Yes!" Selene exclaimed. "What's that?" She pointed to a nearby tank which was used for the more friendly inhabitants of the ocean, and the guests to touch them.

"It looks like it's a place for a person to touch creatures that live in the ocean." Zorlo replied, smiling. "Would you like to find out, milady?"

"Yes, very much!" Selene exclaimed, slowly approaching the glass and leaning over. "So what is this? It looks like a star."

"That's called a starfish, so you were close." Zorlo took her glove and slipped it off. "You can touch it if you'd like; it won't hurt you."

"It dosn't look very much like a fish. Why isn't it moving?" Selene said as she poked it with one finger.

"Well, they're very slow creatures. I believe they become more active at night. Like... owls." Zorlo stated with a smile. "You know what owls are, right, milady?"

"Yes!" Selene exclaimed happily. "Owls used to love The Forest of Whispers." Along with protecting the treasure, Selene was somewhat of an animal guardian, and cared very much for the local wildlife. "Well. It certainly doesn't look very happy. Does it look happy to you, Zorlo?"

The fencer wasn't sure how to respond to this. He'd never been asked to analyze a starfish. He leaned forward for a moment, deciding it may be best to agree with his love on her opinion. "Well, I suppose you're right."

"Come, my marine friend!" Selene snatched up the starfish, and before Zorlo could stop her, dropped it off the side of the ship, watching it fall into the ocean below. "Be free!"

"Honey?" Zorlo took her hands and laughed slightly, trying not to attract attention. "It might not be the best idea for you to do that... you see, they're happy here, they really are. Starfish just don't have much expression."

"Oh." Selene seemed to consider this. "Okay, then. What's that?"

"That?" Zorlo glanced where she had pointed through the tank. "It's a...a stingray. Now those could hurt you, but these ones won't."

"Oh, Zorlo! Can you feed it? I want to watch!" She looked so excited and intimidatingly cute that the fencer could not refuse.

"Okay." He took a piece of the feeding material, or squid, and lowered it under the water, keeping his hand still. The stingray floated over towards his hand and above it slightly, and with a sudden sucking like a vaccum cleaner, the squid was gone. "Whoah!" Zorlo had never fed a stingray before, and the sensation was strange. Selene had reached in above it and was slowly petting the animal.

"Oh, it looks so nice! And it feels very smooth and slippery!" She giggled.

"Sure does." Zorlo agreed after shaking his hand, trying to rid it of the feeling.

Selene skipped past a few tanks to reach the end, where a very dark water lay inside a tank. "What's this?" she asked curiously.

"That... I rightly have no idea." Zorlo said after a moment. "Let me see." He bent down to read the plaque of information on the animal. "It says here it's a... Hick-le-back? A carniverous fish that has unique abilities and is currently being researched by top scientists."

Selene squinted as she peered closer and nearly jumped as the fish appeared out of nowhere. It was rather large in size, at least three feet in length. The colors consisted of a somewhat tan brown, with several ridges of dark brown running along the sides. It had rather sharp teeth, but didn't look intimidating. At least not to Selene. The angel cocked her head as she surveyed the fish, and the animal soon mimicked her.

"Zorlo..." She whispered, taking the arm of her love. "This fish looks so sad... don't you see it?" Truthfully, any person could have seen that this Hickleback was capable of expressing slight emotion, if anything.

The tone in his love's voice touched the fencer's heart, but he didn't want to break any rules while they were here, and stealing a fish that was owned by the government was probably a bad idea. "Well... yes, I suppose so. But I'm sure he has good care..."

Selene turned to look at him, her sad expression simply wrenching the green-haired man's gut. "We have to help it..."

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Thanks to Alti... HAH. ... Sorry. Selene, Mark, Raziel, Arlen and Kate