"My uncle promised those who joined a new, better life, he also came to the orphanage to recruit those who became too old to be adoptable, Coral and Clam are two of the many orphaned Octarians who became too old to be adoptable. And for those who joined because they were promised a better life, well, I can't blame them for joining if it meant escaping these domes." Kelp explains. "Uncle Anemone had a small militia of his own before this war, but that militia's focus was fighting off those who invaded Tako Octo, namely some Inklings who tried to take the town's energy source as well as some of DJ Octavio's Octarians who tried to take children from their parents. It was only when DJ Octavio refused to let the many Octarians in this dome escape the debris that uncle Anemone decided to upgrade his militia into an army, an army who will fight to rescue those who need rescuing and also fight to escape from the debris."