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, and not a fist bump

to the

been in worse situations. Heck, even lunch hour in

everyone shouting orders and

hungry, irritable customers as a waitress, I could handle

had to be careful. I had

have to stand in the rain for a full

line to wait our turn to meet the ambassador. As the line

leaving the ambassador had mixed reactions. Some seemed pleased. Olivia and

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

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

you to Ambassador Zale,” Mark

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

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you,” I said, accepting Mark’s

he was guiding me the long

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