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

each other with a deep bow,

the

been in worse situations. Heck, even lunch hour in the

everyone shouting

I could manage hungry, irritable customers as a waitress, I could

careful. I had

have to stand in the rain for

line to wait our turn to meet the ambassador. As the line grew shorter and shorter,

seemed pleased. Olivia and Linda seemed particularly confident.

of energy who felt a bit like I was

me to the ambassador, as had guided everyone else, Mark,

me to escort you to Ambassador

a gift, being given his name. Whether Nathan had said it when he announced the challenge,

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said, accepting Mark’s

noticed right away that he was guiding me

he made a common mistake. Most people in the kingdom believe that Merfolk bow at

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