Triton: You went to the surface again, didn't you? Didn't you?

Ariel: Nothing... happened.

Triton: Oh, Ariel. How many times must we go through this? You could have been seen by one of those barbarians...

Ariel: Daddy, they're not barbarians.

Triton: They are dangerous! Do you think I want to see my youngest daughter snared by some fisheater's hook?

Ariel: I'm sixteen years old. I'm not a child any...