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"Yeah, Dad," said Nemo.

Outside the Institute, Marlin was freaking out. "Are you absolutely sure that's what I said? 'Go wait over there and forget. It's what you do best'?"

"I said that?" he asked again.

"All right, I don't need the whole story again, I was asking about one part." Marlin was pacing back and forth as he talked. "Because look, if I said that -- I'm not positive I did -- but it's actually a compliment. Because I asked her to wait. I didn't say leave. And I said it's what you do best."

Nemo looked at his Dad incredulously.

Marlin yelled so loud that a couple of plump sea lions, Fluke and Rudder, woke up with a snort. They'd been sleeping on a nearby rock and were not happy to be disturbed.

"You said that, Dory swam to the surface, and then she got taken --"

"It's my fault!" Marlin threw his fins in the air. "It's all my fault Dory got kidnapped and taken into -- whatever this place is! What if it's a restaurant?" he lamented.

"Yeah, we're trying to sleep," Rudder said. "And you interrupted my favorite dream!"

"Oy! You two! Shut it!" Fluke shouted.

"Uh, excuse us?" said Nemo. "Hello. We're trying --"

"The one about you layin' on this rock?" asked Fluke.

"Nah, mate, it's not a restaurant," said Fluke, chuckling. "Your friend is okay."

"Oh, that's a good one."

"That's what they want you to think. Just get behind me and let me do the talking," Marlin said. He cleared his throat and approached the sea lions.

"Yeah."

"They don't look very pouncy," said Nemo.

Marlin cut him off. "Son, son, son…," he whispered, trying to scoot Nemo away. "These are sea lions. They are natural predators. They could pounce at any moment!" One of the sea lions stretched open his mouth and let out a big, lazy yawn.

"Yeah, she'll be in and out in a jiff," said Rudder. "We should know."

"It's a fish hospital. Sigourney Weaver says she'll be rescued, rehabilitated, and released," said Fluke.

"She is?" asked Marlin.

"Excuse me. We're worried about our friend. Is that a restaurant?" Marlin pointed to the large building behind the rock.

They lifted their tails to show tags that had been clipped on.

All of a sudden, Fluke and Rudder began cooing. "Oo-roo. Ooo-roo-rooo!"

Once he was gone, Fluke and Rudder turned back to Marlin.

"Don't you worry," Fluke continued. "That place is the Marine Life Institute: the Jewel of Morro Bay, California," he said.

"Oh," said Fluke with a smirk. "We know a way."

Suddenly, a skinny sea lion carrying a green pail in his mouth appeared behind them, giggling and creeping up the rock.

"You do?" asked Marlin.

"So how are we gonna get inside?" asked Nemo.

"All fixed up and sent on our way," said Fluke.

"Gerald! Get off the rock! Off! Off! Off! Off! Off!" Fluke barked.

Marlin was relieved. "Oh, thank goodness."

"Anemia," said Rudder.

"Nasal Parasite," said Fluke, explaining.

"Thank you, Nemo," said Marlin sarcastically. "Thank you for that."

"Desperately! Our friend is in there, lost, alone. She's scared. She'll have no idea what to do," said Marlin.

"Sure, that's right, don't you worry about --"

"She was right!" said Nemo. "Well, Dad, looks like Dory can do something besides forget."

Rudder and Fluke continued to yell, scaring Gerald away from the rock and causing him to jump back into the ocean.

"Oh, wait. You want to get inside the MLI?" asked Rudder.

"Oy!" yelled Rudder. "Shove off, Gerald!"

"What are they doing?" asked Nemo.

"I don't know," said Marlin. "It sounds bad."