The girls around me were freshening up their Merfolk language. Some were fluent. Others, less so.

Though most seemed to have a baseline knowledge.

My grasp of the Merfolk language was rusty, at least. I vaguely recalled some lessons during my days at

the Academy, but that felt like so long ago now.

I hadn’t had any need for Merfolk language or traditions in my day to day since leaving the Academy. I

didn’t really retain any of that knowledge.

I thought I might be able to recall some customs, though the bits of information I was hearing now and

then around me confused with my memories and left me unsure.

Also, I couldn’t trust what the girls around me were even saying.

Linda, especially, seemed to be purposefully polluting the water of fact and fiction. My knowledge was

greeted each other with a deep bow, and not a fist bump

to the

tried not to panic. I had been in worse situations. Heck, even lunch hour in the restaurant

with everyone shouting orders

hungry, irritable customers as a waitress,

be careful. I had

really didn’t want to have to stand in the rain for

directed into a line to wait our turn to meet

leaving the ambassador had mixed reactions. Some seemed pleased. Olivia and Linda seemed particularly confident. But

my turn, I was a nervous ball of energy who felt a bit like I was walking into

servant to escort me to the ambassador, as had guided everyone else, Mark, Nicholas’s Beta, was the one who offered me his

me to escort you to Ambassador Zale,”

gift, being given his name. Whether Nathan had

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said, accepting

right away that he was guiding me the

a common mistake. Most people in the kingdom believe that Merfolk bow at the waist as a form of

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