AMBASSADOR ARGUS
Now we know what Queen Remora had in mind; she wants Samantha to represent the government of New Atlantis at the United Nations.
It makes sense. Since the Mars mission Samantha is still one of the most famous people on the planet, and the assumption will be that she’s helping out the merfolk as a favor. Everyone knows that Remora was a crewmate on her trip to Mars, and that a merman plays basketball for her husband Dave.
During the UN sessions Samantha will retain her familiar human form. Similarly, the rest of the embassy staff will be merfolk doing the twelve-hour transformation thing. (The summers that Samantha spends as mermaid will be kept under wraps.)
Now it’s a matter of Samantha finding the time. She says that Rupert and Rosalind have taken a lot of pressure off her in running the lab. They’re no longer constantly transforming themselves, and since they’ve settled down as plants they’ve become adept administrators.
Of course, it helps everyone that the dodos are back on Mars.

















