HOOOLY FISHPASTE.

So Cam HAD heard the monsters mermaids from down the Great Hall, but he was thinking when they would actually come out of there. Oh why couldn't they just stay in the Great Hall foooorevahh?! So mean. He DESPISED the evil mermaids and their little... pets or whatever you call them and he wasn't really some sort of a swimmer but the water wasn't THAT high enough for it to go over his puuuny body.

And he saw them. Grindylows and the ugly Selkies. NO. WAY. This was AWESOME. Seeing these creatures in PERSON just... it was a once in a life time opportunity!

Who can speak Mermish? "OOH," he raised his hand (was it even a time to raise hands), "I caaaaan. Understand it." Actually SPEAK the dang thing? He couldn't really understand HOW Merpeople could make their voices sound like screeching above water and then real voices underwater. But EEEEEP! The screeching, they hurt.

Everyone was panicking. PLUS he was wet.