summer 1704.

ever since childhood, you’d loved the ocean. watching the waves crash against the sand, feeling the salty air on your skin… the sea really was as beautiful as it was mysterious. you always wondered what was lurking in the depths.

you sit on a rock one day, staring down at the glittering water when you see a man’s face pop up from the depths. a swimmer?

but then you catch a glimpse of his tail, shimmering and blue as his eyes. no, this- this is a merman.