He looked at the sea creature.
Sea creature was a she.
Untied his boat.
Pulled the chest ashore, and threw the gold back into the ocean.
The mermaid watched him and lowered her blades.
She was to defend the treasure only.
But he wasn't to fight for it.
And the treasure wasn't to be found ever again.
Each coin took a scale from her fishtail.
And the mermaid became a girl.
Stranded.
Underwater red is the day the water got her.
Never saw it coming, she was walking at the river mouth.
Rained upriver only.
Water filled her lungs. And she couldn't breathe there.
The surprise on her skin feeling cold, getting wet.
He went calmly to swim her out.
She looks at water dripping from her, darkening the ground.
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