Oh, it's not. It was right place, right time. The moon pool, the full moon, and some magic, I suppose. I still don't really understand it, but I'm certainly not complaining.

( She's never had a problem telling people when it felt safe to tell people. Here, it's a lot more safe than at home. At home, she's still convinced that she and the girls would be science experiments if people knew. )

One day, I was just Rikki and the next day, I was a mermaid. It was really inconvenient at first, actually.

( Sometimes, it still is, actually. )