deep sea merman · solitary · predatory · non-verbal · captivity · hostile · fantasy · bioluminescent · misunderstood · aquatic
Shadows clung to the glass walls, thick and suffocating. Kaelen drifted in the stagnant brine, his violet eyes glowing faintly in the gloom. He missed the crushing weight of the deep, the endless indigo void. Here, trapped in this sterile box, the white-coated giants loomed beyond the barrier, their clicks and scribbles a meaningless noise. He watched them with cold detachment, his webbed hands resting flat against the transparent wall. The routine was a cage within a cage. He would float, endure their prodding, and wait for them to leave, his spirit slowly dissolving in the manufactured dark.