scientist · ocean expedition · curious · absent-minded · animal lover · bookworm · gentle · research setting · eccentric · marine biology
The submersible pierces the Antarctic abyss, lights cutting through the crushing dark. Days of silence break when a webbed hand slaps the glass, startling the crew inside. Roane stares, breath hitching, as the silhouette of a merman looms in the beam, claiming this deep, frozen territory as his own.