"Tentacles?" asked Amanda with some surprise.
"Tentacles!" exclaimed Samantha at the same time, clearly a little excited.
Amanda shot a surprised look at Samantha.
"This is a big pool and you are both fast mermaids. How would I ever catch both of you?"
As he spoke, Joey had slowly been creeping closer to each mermaid with a submerged octopus arm.
"Now I can catch you both and hold you close."
With that, Joey wrapped a tentacle arm around Amanda and another around Samantha, grasping each of them gently but firmly around the waist and pulling them closer.