She lay still for just a moment longer, because it was actually possible she'd scared the guy into thinking he killed a space mermaid and that was kind of hilarious, albeit hilarious in a way she wasn't going to keep going since she didn't want someone to think they'd caused a mythical creature to die for that long.

Finally, she exploded back to "life" again.

"Up where they walk," she sang, opening her eyes and holding up her hands. "Up where they run. Up where they stay all day in the suuuuun..."