Emerald and Carlos began their search for the magic clam. They tried to turn it to a contest.
Carlos challenged, "If I see the magic clam first, you will have to beg for it and be my slave."
"In your dreams. As if I'll allow you to see that magic clam first? Nah, that is mine," Emerald quipped.
With that, their friendly competition for the search of the magic clam officially started.
Emerald and Carlos started swimming in different directions, each hoping that he or she will find the most coveted clam.
However, at the end of each day, they both find themselves swimming in the same place at the same time both without finding the special clam. Each day, without fail, they would exhaust their energies searching for it in various places and each day, without fail, they come together at the same place without the clam but they would always greet each other and had even made their unique mermaid greeting of swinging their hips 4 counts and making waves with their tail 3x.