"For the young, the young at heart and young at third liver," Jack said, quoting the slogan of the place. He nudged Charles lightly and headed up the stairs around the outer edge of the atrium. The stairs were made of the same bubble-water that the fish were swimming around in, and they had to stop for several minutes while an octopus-like creature with seventeen arms slowly strolled passed.

It was rude, Jack explained, to step on the animals.

Once they were to the top, he took Charles down through exhibit hallways for different sectors of space where fish were evidently native to and up a ramp to the Aquarium Experience ride. A bored looking man with two heads and four arms reminded people periodically not to swallow any water that might seep into the ride and then ushered groups of two onto a sleek black ski lift.