Dory and Hank pulled up near the sea otter area, where a perky tour guide was talking to a group of excited tourists.
“Looking for the world’s most powerful pair of glasses,” Dory said as she glanced around. She gasped when she saw the otters swimming in their tank. She couldn’t help pausing to watch. They were so cute! The adorable furry otters rolled around in the water happily, clapping their feet and chirping. One otter hugged another, and soon they were all hugging and cuddling each other!
“It’s a huge cuddle party!” said the guide as the crowd watched adoringly.
“Cuddle party?” Dory gasped. “I’m in!”
From the bottom of the stroller, Hank looked around, confused. “Wait. Where are we? Are we still on Deep Sea Drive?”
“Uh ... yes, I think — Well, I don’t know — but I saw that sign, and —” Dory stammered.
“What? What sign?” asked Hank.
“The one about the world’s most powerful pair of glasses.”
“What are you talking about? Why would we follow that sign?” Hank couldn’t believe it!
“Well, um, because I remembered it.”
In a panic, Hank emerged from the stroller slightly. “No, no, no! That wasn’t the plan — Ow!” Hank screeched as a passing tourist stepped on a tentacle. He dragged the stroller aside to talk to Dory. “That’s it!” he said angrily. “You have wasted my time!”
“Wait, no,” said Dory.
“The transport truck leaves at dawn, and I’m not missing it! So give me your tag!”
“Wait. Hank, Hank, I really think we are on the right path.”
“Are you kidding me? You got us completely lost! The plan was to follow Deep Sea Drive, and you couldn’t stick to it!”
“Because I saw something — something I remembered — and I was sure that it was —”
“Something you remembered?” Hank was furious. “You can’t remember anything! It’s probably how you lost your family in the first place!”
Dory winced, hurt.
Hank softened, suddenly feeling he had gone too far.
“All right. Look, let’s just take it down a notch. Just give me the tag, and —”
“You know something? For a guy with three hearts, you’re not very nice!”
“Three hearts? What are you talking about? I don’t have three hearts.”
“Yes, you do,” Dory insisted.
“I don’t.”
“You do!”
“Don’t.”
“Do.”
“Stop saying that!”
Hank noticed the stroller was starting to roll down a hill. But Dory, busy ranting, did not. “I did not lose my family!” she shouted.
“Whoa, wait!”
“My mom and dad took good care of me and made me feel special,” Dory continued. “And I don’t know what happened, but I would never lose them. You got that?”
The stroller rolled into the Kid Zone building and hit the side of a touch-pool display. Hank screamed as they were both launched into the shallow water!