On the shore, Luz and Amity were busy drinking some soda to cool themselves off after that intense super soaker fight. But it wasn't just them two, but everyone else who partook in the super soaker fight.

Darius was drinking a bottle of water watching Eda emptying items out of Hooty's mouth. This included a martini shaker, some orange liquor, silver tequila and a lime.

"What are you doing, Eda?" Darius asked.

"I'm about to make a margarita." Eda replied. "I would have gotten apple blood but someone didn't want their butt in their front again."

Camila sighed. "It was humiliating and made me feel self conscious."

"I managed to get a recipe to perfect this human concoction." Eda explained. "Let's hope I get it right." She tossed the martini shaker up in the air and missed catching it. "Dang it."

"Hey, everybody, does anyone think I can't consume five cans of soda in just under a second?" Alador asked.

"Five?" Boscha scoffed. "Try seven, Mr Blight."

Alador looked like he was challenged. "Seven? Seven? Okay then, how about eight cans of soda?"

Jerbo, Barcus and Viney's eyes widened. "Oooohhhh, my." Viney remarked.

"This man is crazy." Jerbo remarked.

"This man is screwed." Barcus said.

"Mittens?!" Alador exclaimed. "Do you think your old man can't handle his soda?"

"Yes!" Amity replied.

Alador did a mock gasp. "My own daughter underestimates me! Alright, Hunter, hit me up!"

Hunter handed the man his first can of soda that he downed in just under five seconds, surprising every young person and Camila in attendance.

"How did he not choke?" Skara asked, impressed with his feat of strength.

Then, he drank another can in five seconds. Then another. Then a fourth, a fifth, a sixth, a seventh, an eighth and a ninth.

Everyone had their jaws wide opened in shock over what they were seeing. Alador had completely downed nine sodas down his throat without even taking a breath. Everyone cheered at Alador for his action.

The Blight patriarch took a bow. "Thank you. Thank you. You are far too kind."

"Woah!" Luz exclaimed. "Amity, your Dad…I don't know…He seems kind of cool."

Amity however, didn't know how to feel about her Dad's new behaviour. "Yeah…He kind of is."

Alador gave Gus, Hunter and Willow some high fives. "Give me some! Yeah!"

Edric began looking around the beach for something interesting and he did. It was a dock. "Hey! Look at this!"

Emira approached her brother. "What is it?"

Edric smiled. "Hey Emira and hello Edric The Conversational Belly."

Emira grinned before poking her brother in his stomach right on his tanning disaster. "And hello to you Tommy The Talking Tummy."

"Before you entered my line of sight, I was about to point out that small dock over there."

The male Blight twin pointed at a small dock that stood right in front of the ocean. Which was perfect for diving off of.

Emira smiled. "Oh yeah. I could push you off of that for drawing your face on my belly!"

Amity and Luz approached the siblings. "Are you still angry with each other over your tanning disasters?" Amity asked.

"Yeah Mittens, I wanna get retribution." Emira said.

"You started it!" Edric argued.

"No! You!" Emira argued. "You chose the mismatch swimsuit!"

Amity exhaled. "How am I even related to you two?"

"Hey guys, maybe we could have a diving competition." Luz suggested.

"Off that rickety old dock?" Emira asked.

"Well, sure." Luz replied. "What could go wrong?"

They watched as Jerbo began running along the wooden dock to jump into the water. But then, Jerbo pulled a pained expression and held his foot. "Ow! Ow! Splinter! Splinter!" When he got to the edge of the dock, he fell into the water.

Luz cringed. "Oh yeah, that could go wrong."

Alador approached the young adults while cracking his neck. "Stand aside future daughter-in-law."

Luz and Amity became flustered. "Daughter-in-law?" Luz reacted in shock.

Alador raised his arms out forward and some Abomination goo came out of his short pockets that soon formed into a very high diving board that stretched up to 45 feet high.

Alador grinned. "Well? What do you think?"

Amity just stared at the diving board with a deadpan stare. Then, she summoned manipulated the high diving board to form a ladder.

She folded her arms with a smug stature while Alador pulled an envious expression. "Show off." He said.

All of a sudden Stringbean appeared in front of them and shape changed into a microphone that flew into King's hands. "Alright everyone, this Beach Day is about to get interesting. It's time for a diving contest!"

The Beach Day Diving Contest

Boscha walked in front of the title card with confusion. "Where did this title card come from?"

King, despite his height, managed to shove Boscha out of the way. "Now the rules are simple. Our contestants will have to please our esteemed judges with their own unique diving forms. Magic and other abilities will be allowed because we gotta make this interesting. Now, let's say hello to our esteemed judges!"

The esteemed judges from left to tight and sitting in front of a desk were a nervous Lilith, an annoyed Darius and an ecstatic Hooty.

"How did I agree to this?!" Darius asked.

"Now that we have said hello to our judges, let's say hi to our contestants." The contestants were Luz, Eda, Amity, Willow, Gus, Hunter, Raine Whispers, Vee, Masha, Viney, Skara, Jerbo, Barcus, Edric, Emira, Boscha, Alador and Steve. "We have from left to right, my big sister, human witch, child of The Human Realm, student of The Demon Realm, warrior of Peace and honorary Titan, Luz Noceda." Luz gave a wave. "Taking a break from her margarita concocting, it's The Owl Lady herself and my Mom, Edalyn Clawthorne!" Eda made a hiss noise.

"It's her folks, The Mighty Mittens herself, Amity Blight." Amity summoned an Abomination hand that waved to the judges. "The Captain of The Emerald Entrails and rumours to have blown up an entire area with the might of her abs, it's Willow Park!" Willow flexed her biceps and abs, causing Hunter to faint.

"We also have a master of illusions and the head of The Human Appreciation Society, it's Gus Porter!" Gus made two illusions of himself giving everyone a wave. "Lying on the sand due to not withstanding the awesome might of Willow's muscles, is the star player of The Emerald Entrails, Hunter!" The Grimwalker sat up and gave everyone an awkward wave.

"Up next is a master Bard teacher and the parent that isn't a step parent, just a parent who stepped up, it's Raine Whispers!" After King's announcement, Raine played their violin. "Don't let that skin fool you, she is Luz's sister and if she's her sister, she's mine as well, it's Vee Noceda." Vee did a pose and shifted from human to basilisk to human again.

"And the rest we have, that gap toothed human who is in love with Vee, muscle witch who isn't Willow, a bard with braids, some loser, some dog, the Blight twins, three eyed jerk, Amity's Dad and Steve."

The remaining people that King listed off incorrectly, looked offended. Steve on the other hand, raised his hands high. "Yes! The Titan remembered Steve's name!"

"Alright folks, enough introductions, let's begin with our first contestant." King declared.

The first on the board was a determined Jerbo, whom was still annoyed with King referring to him as some loser. "Some loser? Some loser?!" Jerbo got into a starting position. "I'll show him some loser!" He began running along the diving board. But then, all of a sudden, he tripped and fell off the board, landing with an ungrateful splash.

"Oh! Rough jump but a decent sized splash." King remarked. "But I'm not one to judge, let's see what the judges have to say!" The respective judges held their scores from one to ten with their hands/beak. "Lilith has scored him a two, Darius a three and Hooty…An L. Hooty, it's supposed to be from one to ten."

"Sorry, I don't know my numbers from my alphabet." Hooty said.

"Hooty, you wrote letters to Lilith." King pointed out.

"I HAVE ON AGAIN OFF AGAIN DYSLEXIA!" Hooty screamed.

Next up on the board was Viney, who cracked her neck. "You know what they say, birds of a feather, flock together." She made a whistle and dived head first off the diving board.

As the beast keeping student dived off the board, a squabble of seagulls began following her, diving head right behind her. When she crashed into the water with a splash, the seagulls departed.

"Woah! I think it's safe to say that Viney had the 'gull' to do something so epic." King remarked. "Let's see what our judges have to say. Lilith, a nine; Darius, an eight; And Hooty…A cooked chicken?! What does that mean?!"

"It means I feel like a cooked bird. Hoot, hoot." Hooty replied.

Up next on the board was Barcus, whom was busy licking his paws. He then realised he was on and barked. "This dive made my Grandpa win a diving championship."

The dog witch began running towards the diving board and jumped off of it. He landed on his belly with a massive splash.

"Wow! Interesting technique that helped your Grandpa win." King remarked. "Now let's see what the judges think." The judges held their signs. "Lilith has given a fair six, Darius a four and Hooty….That's a drawing of a cat."

Next one up one the board was Edric. The male Blight twin gave everyone a wave just as Emira joined him.

"Wave to the crowd Ed." Emira said.

"What are you doing?" Edric asked.

"Making sure Tommy the Talking Tummy gets his chance in the spotlight." Emira replied. "Come on, Tommy, give your audience a wink." Emira squeezed the eye of Edric's disaster tan, making it look like a wink, causing the male Blight twin some annoyance. "Alright, good luck."

Edric sighed just as his sister climbed down the ladder. When he got to the edge, he raised his arms high and performed a front flip before landing in the water.

"Wow! Nice front flip!" King exclaimed. "Brilliant landing as well. What do the judges think?" The judges raised their scores. "Let's see, Lilith's given a seven, Darius has given an eight and Hooty…That's a drawing of a smiley face."

"By the way King, who is Edric's new friend on his tummy?" Hooty asked.

Next one up was Boscha, whom was holding a Grudgeby ball. "Everyone watch this!"

She began running along the diving board with the ball in hand. As she jumped off the edge, she did a backwards kick at the ball, causing it to shoot across the ocean. She landed with a huge splash.

"Wow!" King exclaimed. "What a kick! What did the judges think?" The judges held their signs. "Wow! Lilith's given a nine, Darius a solid ten and Hooty…A minus ten thousand! Oh, so now you're using mathematics?!"

Luz however looked worried as she looked at where the ball flew overhead. "I'm a little worried how hard Boscha kicked that ball."

"Yeah, that looked like it could hit another country." Vee remarked.

Over 9000 miles away from Massachusetts, nineteen year old college student Anne Boonchuy was on a sabbatical studying some of the frog life in a pond.

Her colleague was about to touch it, until Anne stopped them. "Hey! Hey! Don't touch it. This is a Maud Island Frog. They're an incredibly endangered species of frog and this could be one of the last few remaining."

Just then, a ball flew past Anne and hit someone whom was just walking nearby. "OH MY GOSH!" A man ran towards the unconscious man. "Someone just knocked out famous New Zealand director, Peter Jackson!"

Anne gasped. "Oh my gosh!" She then looked at the frog she was studying and exhaled. "Phew. Thank goodness you're safe."

Back in Massachusetts, Skara was up next. She summoned her harp and strummed a few strings of her instrument.

As she walked across the diving board, she was strumming her harp letting the music calm her mind. It was even causing Hooty to fall asleep. Then, Skara walked off the board and landed with a soft splash.

King was amazed. "Woah! She really put her 'harp' and soul into that. But what do our judges think?" The judges held up their signs. "Lilith has given a nine, Darius an eight and Hooty…It's just a bunch of z's that emphasised how sleepy you were."

Next up was Steve. The former Coven Scout did a few small jumps before running off the board.

"STEVE!" He jumped off the board and landed with a ginormous splash.

"Okay, okay. Nice splash and all, but what do our judges think?" The judges held their cards. "Lilith has given a five, Darius a three and Hooty…It's just a drawing of a sinister clown. Why did you draw a sinister clown?"

Next up, was Emira. Before she could dive, Edric was standing next to her. "Oh Emira, I think Edric The Conversational Belly would like to say a few words." Emira just grumbled in annoyance while Edric grabbed her horrible tan around her stomach to make it look like her belly button/Edric The Conversational Belly's mouth was talking. "Wish me luck, everyone."

"Okay, Edric The Conversational Belly, good luck!" Hooty cried.

Amity was shaking her head in disappointment over her siblings immature and childish behaviour. "I…I…I have no words."

Back on the board, Emira shoved her brother away from her and walked towards the edge of the board. As she jumped, she performed a back flip and landed with a splash.

"Woah! Besides that awkward introduction, that was quite a splash!" King remarked. "And what do our esteemed judges think?!" The judges all held their signs. "Lilith has given a seven, Darius another seven and Hooty…That's just a sad face."

Next up was Masha, who was cracking their shoulders. "Believe it or not, I used to be on a school diving team."

"Really?" Luz asked her sister.

"Oh yeah. They don't do it anymore." Vee replied. "The dark arts and the occult were just very alluring for them."

Masha took a deep breath, stood on their toes, raised their arms high before jumping off. As they dived into the water below, they were performing a lot of mid air twists. Then they landed with a splash.

King applauded their form. "What a lot of unexpected twists we saw. Judges?" The judges held up their signs. "Lilith giving a ten, Darius a nine and Hooty…A bronze medal? Hooty, when did you pack crayons?"

Next up, was Raine whispers. They adjusted their glasses and exhaled. "Everyone, I'm going to need you to be quiet for this one, it will require a lot of concentration."

Hooty was about to talk, but then Darius squirted some Abomination on his beak to prevent the owl tube from talking.

Back on the board, Raine listened to the lack of noise and began to bask in the quiet and ambience. They inhaled through their nose and mouth.

Then, they began to whistle. As they whistled, they began walking towards the edge of the diving board slowly. Then, they walked off the board and were about to hit the water, feet first.

When they hit the water however, he just phased through without a single splash or water ripple.

Everyone in attendance were blown away by Raine's feat of strength and power. Especially King, who had no words.

"Uh….Judges?" The judges held up their signs. "Lilith held up a ten, Darius a ten and Hooty…An infinite symbol. Wow, try and top that!"

Next up was Gus. He gave everyone a wave and a smile. "Alright everyone, keep your eyes on me."

The illusion which began running along the board. When he jumped off, he summoned five illusions of himself diving head first at the same time as him. When he splashed, the illusions dispersed out of existence.

"I don't know about you, but I couldn't tell who was who. Judges?" They all held their respective signs. "Lilith has given a nine, Darius is an eight and Hooty…A question mark. This is all it's gonna be, huh?"

Up next was Vee, whom was getting prepared to do something. "Hey Masha, I hope I can best you at this."

"Well physically, you don't necessarily have the correct body mass for a professional diver." Masha said. "Not to body shame your form or anything."

Vee laughed. "Alright, I understand."

The basilisk then began to change her form slightly. Her legs became slightly more slender, her thighs began to extend, her butt extending a tiny bit, her belly deflating, her arms getting slender and her cheeks getting less puffy.

Soon, Vee had transformed from her beyond average human physique, to the body of a slender and curved professional diver.

In that moment, Gus was turning red in the cheeks, Boscha had her mouth open wide in shock while Masha was completely speechless upon seeing their girlfriend choosing a body like that.

Then, the professional diver form jumped off the board with a spectacular leap before crashing with an equally spectacular splash.

"Woah! Thank you Vee for that splash and giving everyone some strange confusing feelings. Let's see what our judges have to say." Everyone except for Hooty held up their sign. "Okay, Lilith has an eight, Darius is an eight and Hooty…Hooty where is your sign?"

"WHAT DID THAT HOT LADY DO TO VEE?!" Hooty screamed.

When the much taller Vee resurfaced, she approached her smitten partner with a sly and sensual grin, causing their heart to race.

Vee held them by their cheeks, leaned in and gave them a kiss that they were too shocked to return. She pulled out and pulled Masha towards them.

"So…I have a few ideas." Masha said to their girlfriend.

Vee picked up her partner and began whispering in their ear. "I know a cave nearby. But we'll go to it when everyone has lost their attention."

Up next was Hunter. He was busy blowing kisses to the crowd or maybe just Willow since she was the only one catching them.

"Okay. Let's go!" Hunter got into a dash position. He took a deep breath and then did a teleport dash off the board and landed with a splash.

"Landed with a blink of an eye. Let's see what our dear judges have to say." The judges all held up their signs. "Lilith has a seven, Darius an eight and Hooty…A drawing of the Flapjack tattoo."

"I want one so I can cover up this disaster." Hooty extended a little so he could show King his tattoo. Which looked to be of a treasure map to Blackbeard's treasure. "Biggest mistake I ever made since I ate my sister."

King shivered. "I didn't need to know that."

Up next was Willow. As she walked on the board, she looked down at Hunter. "Oh, Hunny!" Her boyfriend looked up at her with a dumbfounded expression. "Watch the sights. All six of them." She flexed her abs, causing Hunter to collapse on his back.

"Congratulations, Willow, you just killed your boyfriend." King said.

Willow chuckled before jumping off the board with a massive cannonball, causing a massive splash.

"Judges? Your verdict." The judges revealed their scores. "Okay, Lilith you have given an eight, Darius a six and Hooty…A drawing of yourself with abs."

Up next was Amity. She gave everyone a wave while Luz was hyping her up. "Amity! Amity! Go kill them, Sweet Potato."

Amity smiled and flicked her hair. "You better keep your eye, Noceda. Because this one is for professionals."

However, Amity landed in the water with a belly flop, causing a loud smack as she hit the water's surface. She sank into the water below where Luz swam in to rescue her.

King laughed. "Now that's what I call a belly flop. Judges, has she 'belly' got enough to beat Raine?" They all revealed their signs. "Lilith a five, Darius is a four and Hooty….A red blob. I don't get it, what is that meant to represent?"

After being rescued from drowning, Amity now had to deal with the humiliation of having a ginormous red mark all over her belly. Of course, her siblings took the opportunity to mess with her.

Edric poked her in the belly. "Ow! Quit it!" Amity demanded.

Emira did the same was her brother. "Ow! Quit it!"

Edric did it again. "Quit it!"

Emira did it again. "Cut it out!"

"Sorry Mittens, but with a belly that red it's hard not to poke." Edric retorted before poking his sister's red tummy again.

"Edric!" Amity exclaimed.

"Well, now you know what it's like to have an embarrassing mark on your tum tum." Emira poked her sister's red belly again.

"Knock it off!" Amity screamed in anger.

Luz pulled her girlfriend away. "Hey, knock it off you too. It's not too bad." But her hand accidentally touched her girlfriend's belly, causing her to scream in pain.

"Luz!"

"Oh, Amity, so sorry!" Luz exclaimed.

On the diving board, up next was Eda. She began strutting along the board and looked down on everyone.

"Hey Luz! If I win, can we go to a nude beach?" Eda asked.

"FOR THE LAST TIME! NO!" Luz screamed in anger.

Eda slumped and began to grumble. "What a stick in the mud."

As The Owl Lady got to the edge she turned into Harpy form and leapt off the board. As she dived head first, she did a ton of aerial spins. She landed with a splash.

"Woah!" King exclaimed. "A lot of twists there. Judges? What do you think?" The judges held up their signs. "Wow! Lilith, I don't know if you're being kind to your sister but it's a ten; Darius also has a ten; And Hooty…Just a drawing of apple blood."

Up next was Alador, whom was giving everyone point clicks. "I have been waiting to this for a long time."

Darius exhaled. "Oh Titan, help me."

"No can do." King retorted.

Alador raised his hands high and inhaled through his mouth and nose. Then, surprising everyone, Alador began to perform some front cartwheels and somersaults straight towards the edge of the diving board.

He flipped off the board where did a ton of spins and turns. Then, he landed with an almighty splash. The Blight siblings were completely slack jawed by what they had witness.

"I need to know if I dreamt I saw that." Amity said before Edric and Emira tapped her red belly, causing her to scream. "Why?!"

"Oh good, you're not dreaming." Emira retorted.

"Wow. Didn't know old people had it in them." King remarked. "Judges?" The judges all showed their signs. "Woah! Lilith, a ten out of ten; Darius, a one? I don't know what diving skill you saw, pal. And Hooty…You just drew a perfect drawing of a spine."

Finally, Luz was up for the final dive that could change the very flow of the contest. "Well, I don't know if this will make me win, but I'm going to give this a shot." Luz held a small vial in between her finger and thumb.

"Uh, where was she hiding that?" Skara asked.

Eda grinned. "I taught her a few tricks." Skara stared at The Owl Lady with disgust. "What? She hid it in her hair." Eda demonstrated by pulling a martini glass and shaker from her hair. "See?"

"Yeah…But, her hair is short." Skara pointed out.

Back on the diving board Luz held her vial high. "Body, power, soul and mind; Titan share me your gifts that bind!"

The vial of liquid glowed and soon engulfed Luz into a light. The light silhouette of Luz looked to be growing taller, extending her arms, her hair growing longer and had horns sprouting from her head.

Once the light cleared, Luz had taken on her Titan form. She was slightly taller, had a fang sticking from her mouth, hair was much longer, a light glyph in-between the horns, claws sticking out of her fingers and toes, fur all over her body except a large portion exposing her human abdomen and drawings of glyph symbols all over her fur.

"Luz! That better not be the only vial of Titan Blood you have!" Camila shouted from below. "I told you to only use it for emergencies! Not just for making your girlfriend blush like crazy and especially diving."

Luz exhaled. "I have a spare vial just in case! Alright, geronimo!" She jumped off the board and formed her orange sphere shield surrounded by glyphs.

Then, she launched upwards high in the sky. So high in fact, that everyone down below had to squint their eyes to see where it was going. Luz went up so high that she was in the view of a passing airplane.

Inside that said airplane, 26 year old twins Dipper and Mabel Pines were on a flight together. Mabel was fast asleep while Dipper was reading a book.

When he looked out the window, he saw Luz ready to dive back down. She did, causing Dipper some surprise and excitement.

"Mabel! Mabel!" Dipper shook his sister awake.

"Huh? What?" Mabel stirred awake.

"Mabel! I saw a strange humanoid creature covered in fur, a sharp fang, eyes like a galaxy, horns, a ball of light in-between them and was surrounded by an orange ball of energy." Dipper was ecstatic while Mabel looked at her brother with tired eyes.

"Dipper, are the pressures of your inevitable fatherhood causing you to hallucinate?" Mabel asked.

Dipper was taken aback. "Mabel! No. It's not because me and Pacifica are gonna be parents." Mabel just gave her brother a deadpan stare. "Okay. Yeah, fatherhood is kind of scary."

Mabel patted her brother's back. "There, there."

Back in Massachusetts, everyone was still awaiting for Luz to come back down. "Uh…Should we be worried?" Willow asked.

"She'll be down." Eda assured them. "But if she doesn't come back, would everyone like to go to a nude beach?"

"No." Everyone replied.

Eventually, Luz eventually landed in the water with a ginormous splash, causing a giant mushroom cloud made from ocean water, wowing everyone.

King was absolutely speechless. "Woah! I have no words for this! Judges, do you have anything you want to say?!" The judges all raised their signs. "Lilith has a ten, Darius another ten and Hooty…Wait, infinite times three?! Well folks, if my estimation is correct then that means Luz is the winner."

Everyone but Boscha cheered for Luz's victory. "Way to go Luz!" Gus exclaimed.

"Steve is proud to have lost to you!" Steve cried.

"Woo! That's my awesome girlfriend!" Amity exclaimed. "Ow!" She looked down and saw her siblings poking her red belly again. "Why?!"

"Too good to resist." Edric replied.

Luz eventually resurfaced, now back in human form, and began to walk out of the water. She bent her ear to the left to get rid of any bit of seawater that infiltrated its way in.

"Well done everyone." Luz said. "Now, what shall we do next?"

"Frisbee!" Barcus cried.

"Alright, yeah, sounds fun!" Luz responded.

"Alright, but don't steal the disc like last time." Viney said to her dog witch friend.

As they walked to get a frisbee, Luz realised there were a few people missing. "Jerbo?" She turned around to the water and saw her fellow detention Coven pal swimming in the ocean. "Are you coming?"

Jerbo smiled. "No thanks. I want to stay in the sea for a little while. If that's fine by you."

Luz shrugged her shoulders. "I don't see why not. Just don't be in it too long, or you'll prune." She walked away to join the others while Jerbo stayed in the ocean.

But with good reason. He appeared to be looking for something. "Oh man. Where are my trunks? I can't have anyone know my trunks are missing. They won't ever let me forget."

Back on the shore, Hunter looked to have realised something. "Hang on, where are Vee and Masha?"

Meanwhile, Vee and Masha appeared to have walked out of a cave together. Vee, now back in her basilisk form was relaxed while Masha appeared to have spiky hair.

"You think they noticed?" Masha asked.

"I have a feeling Hunter might have." Vee replied. "I just hope Mom packed some cards for me to absorb."

When they returned to the beach, they saw that no one was there, confusing the two. "Where, is everyone?" Masha asked.

"Did everyone just vanish?" Vee asked.

They began to think about it for a bit until Masha realised something. "Wait a minute, we entered through the left so that means we've come out through the right."

Vee wiped some sweat from her brow. "Phew, I thought for a second something supernatural happened." Then Vee saw a wooden sign nearby. "What's this?" She walked towards the sign and began to read what it said.

What she read absolutely shocked the basilisk. The sign read 'Mona's Nude Beach. Est: 1965.'

"What is it Vee?" Masha asked.

"Masha, whatever we do, we mustn't tell Eda about this." Vee said.