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

other with a deep bow,

to the more

in worse situations. Heck, even

shouting orders

irritable customers as a waitress, I

to be careful. I

stand in the rain

I were directed into a line to wait our turn to meet the ambassador. As

mixed reactions. Some seemed pleased. Olivia and Linda seemed particularly confident. But most

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

instead of a servant to escort me to the ambassador, as had guided everyone else, Mark,

me to escort you to Ambassador Zale,”

his name. Whether Nathan had said it when he announced the challenge,

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you,” I said, accepting Mark’s

that he was guiding me the long

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

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