Gloria could not stop grinning. This was not because she was happy (though she was, in fact, happy), but rather it was a side-effect of her unusual face, for Gloria was an eel, and as an eel, she spent a lot of time in the deep water.
It was no surprise, therefore, that Gloria was an expert in all things salvage - from flotsam to sunken chests, gold to old shoes - and that her services were highly marketable in a world dominated by land-dwelling creatures.