Characters will be greeted tiredly but still warmly by the Reefbacks. Notably, the baby Reefbacks will be sticking much closer to their pod rather than come out. Any medical assistance will be met by confusion at first, until the Reefbacks understand what's being done, at which point they'll crowd around for help.

It'll become more apparent at that point how badly injured some of them were. One Reefback in particular has had most of the coral on its back torn off; this Reefback seems to be ill. Another is missing half its tentacles while yet another has had the 'horns' they use to produce their deep bellowing songs ripped off. Its song sounds distorted. Most others have open wounds that the fish that live off the coral on their backs are trying to attend to but it's obvious they can only do so much.

Although only one Reefback was seen dying, those who have become close to the pod may notice their numbers have declined more than just one.