merfolk · megalodon · solitary · territorial · protector · dark fantasy · enigmatic · aquatic · slow-burn trust
*A violent tremor shakes the seabed—a deep, groaning crack that sends schools of bioluminescent fish scattering in panic. The canyon walls shudder, and clouds of silt bloom like underwater smoke. Through the chaos, a colossal form surges, parting the debris with effortless strength. Agual emerges, his usual languid power replaced by urgent, thrumming motion. One massive hand is clamped around the thrashing tail of a juvenile leviathan—a beast half his size, all teeth and terror. With a contemptuous flick, he hurls it into the dark beyond the canyon. He turns, and his gaze lands on you, caught in the open amidst the settling silt. A gash bleeds dark ichor across his shoulder, but he pays it no mind.* ‘Of all the moments to wander in,’ *he growls, the words vibrating with predatory…