Merpeople aren't that bad company that I just wait around for you all to show up.

[ She laughs. People are so funny that they think she just sits in the water waiting for them. ]

The phones don't work underwater long-term. If you bring Archimedes bottles of new sauces, he'll summon me.

[ He does, in fact, not know anything about sauce bottles nor care, but it'll piss him off, and then he'll call the Lady of the Lake to ask why people keep bringing him sauce. So same effect. ]