Back at the palace, Nereido was chuckling to himself.

"Let's see now...who could the lucky mermaid be?" He said before seeing Soos in the doorway; he cleared his throat. "Come in Soos."

Soos took a deep breath.

"I mustn't overreact, I must remain calm." He told himself before scuttling up to Nereido. "Yes." He squeaked; he then cleared his throat embarrassed. "Yes your majesty?"

"Uh Soos, I'm concerned about Mermando." Nereido pretended to be serious. "Have you noticed that he's been acting peculiar lately?"

"Peculiar...?" Soos pretended to be confused.

"You know, mooning about, daydreaming, singing to himself? Haven't noticed?"

"Oh...well I..."

"Soos..." Nereido gestured for him to come closer. "I know you have been keeping something from me."

"Keeping...something...?"

"About Mermando...?" Nereido hinted.

"Mermando?" Soos's legs knocked together.

"In love?" Nereido smirked.

Soos lost it.

"I tried to stop him sir! He wouldn't listen! I told him to stay away from humans! They are bad, they are trouble-!"

"Humans?" Nereido frowned. "What about humans?"

"Humans?" Soos said sheepishly, realizing he had said too much. "Who said anything about humans?"

He tried to swim away, but Nereido grabbed him.

Back at Mermando's cavern, Wendy had a surprise for him.

"Wendy," Mermando chuckled. "Why can't you just tell me what this is all about?"

"You'll see." Wendy chuckled back. "It's a surprise."

Mermando then saw what it was: the statue of Mabel and Waddles.

"Oh...Wendy..." Mermando beamed. "Wendy you're the best!"

"Tell me something I don't know." Wendy smirked.

"It looks just like her, it even has her eyes!" Mermando swam around the statue happily. "Why Mabel, run away with you? This is all so...so sudden..."

He chuckled and spun around with joy...until he saw his father glaring at him. He then gasped. Wendy turned around and gasped too.

"Papa..." Mermando said.

"I consider myself a reasonable merman..." Nereido tried to remain calm but couldn't. "I set certain rules and I expect those rules to be obeyed!"

"But Papa-" Mermando protested.

"Is it true you rescued a human from drowning?"

"Papa I had to-"

"Contact between the human world and merworld is strictly forbidden! Mermando you know that! Everyone knows that!"

"She would've died!"

"One less human to worry about!"

"You don't even know her!"

"Know her? I don't have to know her! They're all the same! Spineless savage harpooning fish eaters! Incapable of any feeling-"

"Papa I love her!" Mermando regretted the words the moment he said them.

"No..." Nereido couldn't believe it. "Have you lost your senses completely? She's a human you're a merman!"

"I don't care." Mermando tried not to cry.

"So help me Mermando, I am going to get through to you!" Nereido lost his temper. "And if this is the only way, so be it."

He activated his trident and immediately started destroying Mermando's treasures. Wendy had to leave the place just to keep from getting blasted.

"Papa!" Mermando cried. "No! No! No! Papa stop! Papa!"

He swam to Nereido, still pleading...and then saw him eye the statue of Mabel.

"Papa! No!" Mermando cried desperately.

Too late, Nereido destroyed the statue. Mermando's heart instantly broke and he fell to the ground crying miserably.

Nereido calmed down and realized that he went too far. Not knowing what to do, he left.

Soos felt horrible as well.

"Mermando, I-" He tried to apologize.

"Just go away." Mermando sobbed.

Soos hung his head and swam out of the cavern. There he saw Wendy glaring at him and Nereido.

"King or not, what you just did was unforgivable!" Wendy snapped, in tears. "And you know what, Mermando wasn't the only one who saved a human. I did too! Despite my fear of them I saved a human, the other human's brother specifically! You see they both could've survive the storm, except the girl human's pet was left behind on the ship. She risked her life to save him and in turn her brother risked his life to make sure that she'd be all right! I don't know about you but I say that makes both those humans capable of feeling! And another thing: did you really think that destroying all those harmless objects proved how dangerous humans are? No! All that proved was how dangerous your stupid trident really is!"

Wendy started to sob as well. Nereido felt even worse and swam away. Soos however stayed behind. He still wanted to apologize to Mermando and so decided to wait outside until Mermando calmed down.