[first lines]
[Madison and Valerie are in a sea cave, tied back-to-back, and menaced by a shark-headed sea monster]
Valerie: [whispering] I'm gonna say something.
Madison: [whispering] No, don't... .
Valerie: Hey! Hey, weirdo!
Madison: Valerie, don't...
Valerie: Is anything going to happen, or are we just going to sit here and get old?
Madison: He's not going to answer you.
Valerie: You know what? I am sick of this. I've been through a lot of kidnappings and this has got to be the most boring kidnapping situation I've ever been through and I've been through a lot of kidnapping situations.
Madison: They're just trying to scare us.
Valerie: I'm not scared; I'm just bored.
Valerie: [to the shark-headed sea monster] Hey, are you going to threaten us or what?
Valerie: [to Madison, when the sea monster doesn't respond] You know, sea monsters are good for nothing.