Ilde is still holding onto him when she surfaces as well, slightly disgruntled in light of having a human dropped on her; she can't really be blamed for that, she feels. "Did you fall?" she asks, her mostly received pronunciation accent slightly incongruous with 'pearly water-nymph in the Gross Tar'. There's a neatness to the way she speaks that reflects careful tutoring - a debutante taught how to be a lady.