“Well, well. Aren’t you a beauty?”

Jill crouches in front of the mer her crew caught, stuck thrashing in a net along with other smaller fish before her. She’s the notoriously rare female captain of the ship Starchaser, a fine vessel known for carrying riches and danger.

“Now why would you go and get yourself caught, hmm? Creature like you shouldn’t be swimming so close to the trade routes, y’know.”