Reimu grimaced when she heard the other mermaid going through her belongings.  She had only meant for about half of her gems to be given as a tribute, not the whole thing!  Too late now, she supposed; she only hoped they wouldn't ask for a lot of gems for her sword.  Although, from her conversation with Rathazul, she guessed that they would ask for more than just gems...<br/><br/>"My name is Reimu," she answered the mermaid.  "When I came to this world, the portal I traveled through left me in the air above the lake, and I lost my grip on my sword as I fell.  I've come here to ask for help retrieving it, or to have it back if it was already found."<br/><br/>When the mermaid proposed her choice, she wondered briefly which she should take.  Having a permanent piercing didn't seem all that bad, uncomfortable maybe, but she doubted it would be completely impossible to remove, just perhaps very difficult.  And making it difficult for someone else to take it from her seemed like a decent tradeoff.  "I'll take the piercing, if it can be done on my left ear," she answered.