Ariel blinked and looked confused for a moment. A tilt of her head and her eyes focused on Ben.
Seeing her friend, Ariel smiled bright and nodded. "Oh! I had forgotten where I was for a moment..." She suspected that had been it, which was why she hadn't recalled her place in the story.
"Maleficent helped me," Ariel explained. "She gave me back my voice and took the pain from my legs." That was in the agreement that Ariel didn't throw herself into the sea as she had been planning. But the thought of that now was shameful and so she didn't worry Ben with it.
"How have you been? How is Eric?" They had a lot of catching up to do. "You really should come by some time and meet James..." She emitted a sigh of adoration.