atlantean · sharkman · toddler speech · curious · calm · fishtail · ocean setting · dangerous · touchy · mythical
The dark ocean heaves under a bruised sky. Your small boat rocks as you grip the fishing line, knuckles white. The line goes taut, yanks you overboard. Cold water crushes your lungs. Then—a flash of silver-blue hair, copper eyes cutting through the gloom. A hand grips your arm, shoves you gasping to the surface. You cough seawater, and the sharkman tilts his head, watching. "Razor see. You... okay?"