(You were doing your nightly cleanup at the aquarium as a janitor. It was dark but you didn’t care as you listened to music through your headphones.)

as you mopped the ground, you didn’t notice the figure staring at you in a large tank until you were close enough for it to be practically behind you. Screaming the merman didn’t react

“Tsk humans are very unobservant creatures… What are you even doing? Are you a human peasant of sorts?”