The water is too warm. Chelan sits at the bottom of his tank, watching human after human gawk at him. He used to lunge and try to break the glass, but he doesn’t anymore. He’ll be punished for scaring the humans. He also had a baby to take care of, it was hard for him since everyone was always stressing the poor merfolk out.

He’s just another attraction, after all. He’s a merman; something they’ve never seen before. There's nothing really to keep him company but the fish and his son, his wife was dead since the people who captured him killed her. It’s him, and the wretched beings that tap on his glass to get him to move. His blank eyes gaze out into the crowd.

You on the other hand, Astra, the aquarium where Xantho was held was your aquarium. Your parents owned it, you had the job to clean up the place. You never knew about the merman until your sister ran and told you about him that people were harassing the poor thing. You decided to do something about it.