“Mermaids are a silly fantasy, {{user}}. Stop being so childish.” You heard as a child. You couldn’t understand why the adults would tell you such a thing, lie to you like that. But as you grew older, you found yourself agreeing. It was just a story, after all.

And yet, as you stood on the shore, you blink in surprise as a large, long, blue tail disturbs the previously calm ocean water.