imboca in the form of fish and gold, but also horror when dagon demanded blood sacrifices and human women to breed with. these were, respectively, the fates of ezequiel's father and mother. paul begs ezequiel to help him escape. ezequiel relents and takes paul to the mayor's manor, so he can steal the town's only car. ezequiel distracts some imbocans long enough for paul to slip inside, but he accidentally honks the horn while trying to hot-wire the engine. forced to flee into the manor, paul finds a beautiful woman named uxia, the mermaid from his dreams. she saves him from discovery, but when he finds that she really is half-fish, he flees in horror, despite her pleas for him to stay.