Episode 20

Watching the monster fish leave, Shin moans that this is so lame, then asks if they have any idea what this is, pushing at the Mirror. Scypho claims it belongs to him, then realizing Shin is vulnerable, he grabs the scanner and gets the lowdown on Shin. His full name is Shin Hydroanii and he's the last living human being. He is also a member of the Dohrnii tribe, as he said he was. Shin stuns Scypho and gets himself free of the Mirror. When Scypho tells Pezci that Shin can't breathe underwater and doesn't have fins, Shin points to his dive flippers and mask. He commands Pezci to carry Scypho, and announces he's keeping the Mirror, having his computer contain it when it tries to fight back. Preceding down the passage, Shin again takes note of the Golden key on Pezci's hand.
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== Synopsis ==
Shin watches the monster fish swim out of sight with his arms crossed on his chest, complaining that this is so lame, with no cool fight scene or anything, while Pezci and Scypho watch from the hatch. He pushes at the Mirror and asks if they have any idea what the heck this thing is. Scypho grabs the shaft, claiming it's his and that's all Shin needs to know. A sudden thought strikes him, making him wonder what he's doing. Recalling where he saw Shin put it, Scypho reaches into Shin's jacket and plucks out the scanner, saying that now they'll see what Shin really is. Shin tries desperately to wave him off, while Pezci calls Scypho's name as a warning out of pity and concern for Shin.
Scypho turns the scanner on Shin without remorse then reads the results, ignoring Shin's forlorn look. He reads out that his full name is Shin Hydroanii, and he's a human of the Dohrnii tribe in the Medusae order, demonstrating Shin wasn't lying after all. He is the last individual of the Homo sapiens species to still exist. He tries to continue reading, getting out that Shin is a data and sample collector for the Dohrnii, when he's interrupted by a massive electrical shock, administered by Shin with the press of his cufflink controller button. This time Scypho is rendered totally immobile, falling down through the hatch past Pezci to the deck below. Pezci wonders aloud, asking isn't the human species extinct. Shin rips the Mirror loose from his jacket with a petulant look on his face, while Scypho tells Pezci that's why he can't breathe underwater and has no fins. Holding the Mirror in front of him, Shin rants that he does have fins, pointing to the diving flippers on his shoes, and claims he can breathe, admitting with a sheepish expression he just has to wear the mask. Scypho is stretched out on the deck beneath Shin's flippers, watching as he closes the damaged hatch, and Pezci apologizes for annoying him, saying they won't tell anyone. Shin replies that it's not like he actively hides it anyway.
He turns and swim away down the passage, ordering Pezci to carry jelly boy back, and saying he's taking them to the Dohrnii elders now. Looking covetously at the Mirror, he tells them it's going right into the personal collection of stuff that he won't let the Dohrnii know about. The Mirror doesn't like that idea, and it extends a set of high-speed pinwheeling blades towards his face. Shin panics and cries out to the ship's computer, telling it to contain this thing. A pair of claw-tipped mechanical arms, each holding a ball of green energy, drop from the ceiling, and an amorphous green containment surrounds the Mirror, neutralizing it. Expressing annoyance, Shin tells the computer to put it in the collection of stuff the Dohrnii definitely shouldn't know about, and the arms along with the Mirror disappear into the ceiling. He looks back at Pezci working to pick up Scypho so she can drag him along. Once again, his eyes take in the presence of the Golden key on her hand. He swims off, leaving the two to catch up. Hanging limp from her hands, Scypho says he told her Shin was an alien. She tells him that humans are just extinct, they're not aliens. He answers that he might as well be.
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