[So it is possible— even the merfolk have stories about going from man to mer. Or the other way around. Maybe some of Gepard’s great-great-whatever relatives did give up their fins either out of love or curiosity or just plain old wanting some land-based strange, maybe they didn’t. What matters is that every new story is another piece of the puzzle. What Gepard gives him is the most valuable gift of all- information.]
Don’t be like that— I like your rambling! I could listen to your pretty voice all day.
[Wait. Disaster? Hang on, Sampo, you can flirt outrageously later. There’s more information to be gained, potentially useful.]
What disaster? I don’t remember one. [But he’s also not from around here. And that disaster might’ve happened a long time ago, before he would’ve even been alive.] You live deep in the ocean, right? What kind of disaster would even bother you? Most weather wouldn’t make it down that far.
[Even the worst hurricane wouldn’t do much to a city that far under the waves. Maybe a tsunami would be felt a little bit, if it was really big? But that’s not a disaster for the merfolk, just for the humans.]
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Date: 2024-12-12 04:36 am (UTC)Don’t be like that— I like your rambling! I could listen to your pretty voice all day.
[Wait. Disaster? Hang on, Sampo, you can flirt outrageously later. There’s more information to be gained, potentially useful.]
What disaster? I don’t remember one. [But he’s also not from around here. And that disaster might’ve happened a long time ago, before he would’ve even been alive.] You live deep in the ocean, right? What kind of disaster would even bother you? Most weather wouldn’t make it down that far.
[Even the worst hurricane wouldn’t do much to a city that far under the waves. Maybe a tsunami would be felt a little bit, if it was really big? But that’s not a disaster for the merfolk, just for the humans.]