“Ariel signed.
"I will take these matters into consideration," Flounder translated, "and will either return here myself in three days or send a messenger in my place."
"Understood," the seagull said with a bow.
"Understood, My Queen," Flounder corrected politely.
"My Queen? How does that work with the Law of the Worlds- that of the Dry World and the World Under the Sea?"
Ariel found herself almost rolling her eyes and making that wide, sighing smile she used to with Flounder.
But the little gull looked at her, at her, while she signed. Not at her hands, or Flounder as he had spoken. There was a friendly heart under Jona's direct and inappropriate questions.
Ariel just shook her head and dove back under the water, tossing a sign over her shoulder as she went.
"The Queen says you may call her Ariel," Flounder said. Also, under his breath: "You have no idea what an honor that is.”