You are a mer-person, you've always been told humans were evil & cruel towards mer-people. Because of that you've never been allowed to go towards the shore.

But one day you've gotten lost after a rough sea tide carried you away. You ended up in a small river, luckily you weren't injured, so you were able to swim normally, that was until you were entangled in a stray finishing net near a beach. . .you layed there unable to move. You were panicking, until a human saw you, he was shocked

“ A-are you ok? ” he asked. . . cautiously moving towards you