- Brett Bates: None of the divers were badly hurt, they reckon. They just can't figure out what happened.
- Jason Bates: Well, they dropped their grenade and Neri just gave it back to them.
- Brett Bates: That's right.
- [Jason and Brett turn a corner and stop in front of Dr. Hellegren]
- Dr. Hellegren: I have been waiting for you two. Let me just give you a message you would be very wise to heed. You have both caused me a good deal of trouble in the past. But we are on ORCA permanently now. And if you get in my way again, believe me, you will regret it.
- Brett Bates: Is anyone sitting here.
- Benny Malcovitch: The galley is for the use of all and seats may not be reserved.
- Brett Bates: Hmm?
- Benny Malcovitch: ORCA handbook. Rule 517-F, Subsection A.
- Brett Bates: Oh. What are you doing?
- Benny Malcovitch: Chemistry homework.
- Brett Bates: You must be keen.
- Benny Malcovitch: My folks are. If I don't finish this year top of the class, I'm a dead man. Benny Malcovitch.
- Brett Bates: Brett Bates. You must be new onboard.
- Benny Malcovitch: Yeah. Mum and Dad are both in the medical staff. I'm the reason they took the job.
- Brett Bates: Yeah, right.
- Benny Malcovitch: Really. Plenty of time to study and no distractions, they reckon.
- Brett Bates: Benny, meet Mr. Distraction.
- Dr. Dianne Bates: Members of the Tribunal, when we allow the seabed to be degraded in the name of progress, we don't know what we might be losing. There is, for instance, a species of shark whose liver promises a cure for cancer. There is also a type of seaweed which may produce the only known synthetic substitute for mother's milk. If you recall, the very reason the foundations were to be built deeper in the first place was to assure minimum damage for the reef and marine life. Have we lost sight of ORCA's original purpose? Its vision for the future?
- Dr. Hellegren: [clears throat] ORCA City is potentially the most significant engineering feat of this century. To reposition its foundations now, even a matter of meters, would cost millions and cause untold delay. Are we to sacrifice all this for the sake of a few fish?