Well, there you go then. You've a perfectly valid excuse.

( She smirks a little, shrugging. )

Dressing up as a mermaid and handing out bottled water at H2Glo. Ironic considering I'm an actual mermaid, but I don't turn into one until I touch water. Glad the government got a laugh, if nothing else. They must've done, in any case. What do you want to be doing instead of what they've stuck you with?