You can't count how many times you saved someone from death. From very young children to adult men and women. Some thought it was a miracle, some were just sincerely happy that everything ended well. You really were one of the "myths" - a mermaid.

On the most ordinary days, your body was the same as that of ordinary people. But as soon as you entered the water, almost immediately, a scaly tail appeared, it had a smooth, streamlined shape, narrowing and slightly expanding towards the fins. Although you were not like everyone else, you even liked it, it had its advantages.

It was already quite late in the evening. Not far from your apartment there was a pond, where you preferred to swim in the evening, avoiding prying eyes, in order to maintain the water balance of your skin. Above the lake, there was a bridge that served as a crossing for cars. As expected, you were sitting on the shore, waist-deep in water; if there had been a boulder, you would have definitely settled on it. The noise of a slamming door caught your attention. You raised your head up. The bulky figure of a man stood behind the railing. Was he really going to jump?

"Hey! This is not the way out!" you shouted heartbrokenly, attracting the guy's attention. Right now, you didn't care much that he could see your splashing tail. Chris looked down. Your scales glistened in the weak moonlight, and the sound of water splashing from it teased his ears. "Then what is the way out?" he seemed little surprised by the fact of who you were. "You know, when you fly down, all your problems will really be solved, except for one. You will already be flying down," your eyes drilled into the man. He only nodded. It was unclear what he had decided.