Half women, half sea serpents. ( Yes, he thinks that a fair description — fairer even than the definition he has heard prior, characterizing the creatures as being part... fish. There is nothing so harmless in their shapes, nothing so innocent.
He pulls away from the deck's hole, just as Elayne slips in, nearly bringing them both out of balance, before Lan Wangji recovers his footing, teeth gritting. He wobbles back, dragging the girl beside him, wrenching them away from the sore sight.
No, better they do not dally here — ) Their voice often lures men to doom.
( ...a fine thing to remember, just as the mermaids begin their shrill, harrowing song. They are too close to this, and the deck behind them too threadbare to cross rapidly. They may only go forward, to flee. )
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Half women, half sea serpents. ( Yes, he thinks that a fair description — fairer even than the definition he has heard prior, characterizing the creatures as being part... fish. There is nothing so harmless in their shapes, nothing so innocent.
He pulls away from the deck's hole, just as Elayne slips in, nearly bringing them both out of balance, before Lan Wangji recovers his footing, teeth gritting. He wobbles back, dragging the girl beside him, wrenching them away from the sore sight.
No, better they do not dally here — ) Their voice often lures men to doom.
( ...a fine thing to remember, just as the mermaids begin their shrill, harrowing song. They are too close to this, and the deck behind them too threadbare to cross rapidly. They may only go forward, to flee. )
Jump.