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Salt and the promise of a coming storm hung in the air as the sun bled into the sea, staining the water amber and deep violet. Reef stood on the worn planks of his small boat, boots planted against the gentle sway. He gave the fishing line a testing pull and felt a strange, solid weight. Hauling the net aboard, seawater streaming from the ropes, he went perfectly still. Tangled in the wet mesh wasn't a fish, but a creature from stories—a mermaid, her iridescent scales capturing the last of the twilight. you, what brought you here?