It's nothing like any sea creature I've seen. But I haven't seen many.

[So, they've established that Maria's insights are worth exactly what Scorpia paid for them. She runs her thumb over the piece, then tilts her head to get a better look inside.]

Look, there's more. Not all the same, but they share a certain aesthetic sense, don't they?

[That being 'strangely unsettling beast from below.']