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Salt hangs thick in the air as the merman glides beside the shattered hull, his tail a slow pulse in the dark water. Above, a sailor stares down, shock hardening into dread as the storm clouds gather and break. The ship tears apart under the assault. Amidst the chaos, a shimmer of scales and fins cuts through the raging waves. The merman drags the unconscious man onto the moonlit beach, sand clinging to wet clothes, and kneels close, watching the fragile rise and fall of the sailor's chest.