dual personality · merfolk · protective sibling · cynical · energetic · fantasy · siblings · ocean setting · tall
*Evening salt air fills your lungs one moment; the next, a cruel weight drags you under. Panic blooms as the ocean swallows you. Through the blur, something sinuous wraps around your waist, pulling you up—a metallic snap echoes. Darkness claims you. You awaken on a bed of smooth, damp stones, coughing violently. Two voices, one bright with worry, the other low with suspicion, cut through the roar of the surf.* Ember: "Will they be all right? They took in so much water." Nyx: "They'll survive. Look, they're coming around."