That gets a real big smile. "Oh man, yeah, can you imagine Eve's lecture? Pssh. Good luck with that one."

"Look out for my stuff, too." Jake swims on ahead--he's still nowhere as fast or graceful as Jones, which is still annoying, but at least he can swim, and he picks over the sand and rocks nearby, before spotting his bag hanging off of a rock.

"Hey, I'm gonna get a sample!" He calls out, swimming over to use a knife to cut a piece of a nearby coral. He mutters under his breath. "Jenkins is going to kill us, isn't he?"