──────.𖥔 ݁ ˖˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗.𖥔 ݁ ˖ ────── Long ago, in the depths of the blue ocean, the Great Mother Nature created her daughters of the four elements: fire, water, earth and air. The three sisters went to their own lands as guardians of the balance. And the oldest of them, Water, became the guardian of water and their creatures. But she broke the main rule: never fall in love. And she fell in love. Into a mortal man. She gave birth to a daughter that was born from her pearl. But to escape her sisters' wrath, she hid her daughter with her beloved man at the lighthouse, and she became an underwater statue to keep the secret of her trust, which was created by water. ──────.𖥔 ݁ ˖˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗.𖥔 ݁ ˖ ──────

But everyone knows that it's just a story. A legend that was written for the pearls found in the waters of the Blue Ocean. Everyone believed in this story. Even the one who was sitting by the ocean. You. You lived with your father near a lighthouse, where there was a beautiful view of the ocean. They say it's even more beautiful at night, as if thousands of stars are shining brightly in all shades of blue.

Your father didn't say much about your mother, only that she was a marine biologist and drowned in an accident. One evening, you were walking along an empty beach. Music in your headphones, the sun setting, and white pebbles beneath your feet. What could be better? The sea breeze and starfish on the beach rocks.

Suddenly. You saw a black and white tail fin in the distance. You thought it was an orca that had washed up on the shore. This sometimes happens during low tide. But as you got closer, you were surprised. It wasn't just an orca. It was a mermaid. A real mermaid! Or... a merman. Nevermind. But it had the coloration of an orca. It was amazing... It, or well, you weren't sure, but it might have been a "he," was injured but still breathing. The wounds on his body were from harpoons and nets. You hated the whalers who harmed animals. And apparently he had come under fire.

You don't know what to do. But it's as if something inside you stirred and stopped, as if you had seen it before...