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00:02I taught a merman how to flirt, but he grounded me because he thought I was proposing.
00:06My professor did warn me, but by then, I'd already done something very stupid.
00:10How could I watch the strongest, most beautiful male on Emerald Atoll fail to find a mate?
00:16He could take down prey that weighed hundreds of pounds, but he'd never once shown up to
00:20a courtship dance.
00:21Poor thing grew up alone, no one ever taught him, so I played him courtship songs on a
00:25speaker, put on a prosthetic tail, and showed him the dance myself.
00:29He learned fast, and performed it right back to me.
00:33Thrilled, I shot the whole thing and sent it to my professor to brag.
00:37He called me back screaming.
00:39You idiot!
00:40Didn't you notice the razor sharp teeth?
00:41The long claws?
00:43The powerful tail?
00:44That's not a merge.
00:45It's more like a siren out of mythology.
00:48It could slice you open and rip your heart out without breaking a sweat.
00:51The only way a creature like that courts a mate is by hunting them down, dragging them
00:56somewhere no one will find them, and keeping them there until they're pregnant.
00:59Get out of there!
01:01Get out!
01:02Get out!
01:04Get out!
01:04But it was already too late.
01:06He was already swimming toward me.
01:08Get out!
01:10Get out!
01:12Get out!
01:30was all edges, looked like a fallen angel. His teeth were pointed, his claws significantly longer
01:36than any shallow water myrrh's. Black hair, green eyes, a black gold tail roughly 8 feet long. This
01:42was clearly a powerful deep sea myrrh who had left his pod and come to Emerald Atoll seeking a mate.
01:47I usually observed the myrrh folk through underwater cameras stationed around the island.
01:51But once, while boating near the atoll, I spotted him. I sent my drone after him and watched him
01:57cut through the waves, chasing down a marlin doing nearly 70 miles an hour. He caught it
02:02effortlessly, slicing the fish open with his claws. The blood drew sharks and orcas from the surrounding
02:07waters, but none of them dared to poach him. Deep sea myrrh were clearly the unchallenged apex
02:12predators of the ocean. When he drifted past my boat, I couldn't help staring. You're amazing!
02:18Of course, he couldn't understand me. After humans discovered this planet, there had been a brief
02:22surge of interest in myrrh folk research, but the excitement died down fast.
02:29Myrrh fish intelligence was only slightly above orcas. They were omnivores, living mostly on kelp and
02:35seaweed, occasionally supplemented with crabs, oysters, and small fish. And there was zero chance
02:41of crossbreeding with humans. Most researchers moved on to studying beast folk. As for me,
02:47I'd originally studied beast folk too. Isla. Isla. Isla!
02:54I have to attend a university conference and we'll probably be away for a week.
02:58Again? Yep. You're running out of time, Isla. Your graduate thesis deadline is fast approaching.
03:03But... You better have your topics settled by the time I get back. I believe you can do it.
03:08I'd been alone on Emerald Atoll for three months. If not for my cleaning drone and internet access,
03:14I'd have dropped out long ago. But after hearing me speak, the myrrh stopped. Those cold, piercing
03:20eyes locked onto me. A chill crawled up my spine, even though I was perfectly safe on the boat. He
03:26sliced off the choicest cut from the marlin's back with one precise sweep of his claws and tossed it onto
03:30my deck.
03:31I'd just been fed by a myrrh. He was different from the others. He's smart and powerful. I could see
03:37my thesis writing itself. I might graduate early. If this myrrh could find a mate during mating season,
03:42he'd stay with the Emerald Atoll colony. By next spring, there could be two or three intelligent,
03:48powerful myrrh pups born, and I could study hybridization traits between different myrrh subspecies.
03:54I named the deep sea myrrh opal. His black gold tail shimmered like a black opal under moonlight,
04:00flashing with iridescent fire. Mating season lasted three months, but two months in,
04:05opal still hadn't found a mate. He hunted massive prey every day, often tossing the best cuts onto the
04:10dock, giving me a meal of fresh sashimi or pan-seared fish. He only ate the belly meat himself,
04:16discarding the rest. Before long, young males from the colony would slink over and drag away the
04:21leftovers to present to the females they were courting. He'd inadvertently helped several pairs
04:25get together. Myrrh folk were drawn to strength. A male who could bring down enormous prey easily
04:30won female attention. But this idiot fish had never once attended the underwater courtship dances.
04:35I consulted my professor, who said myrrh folk were social animals. Males typically left in groups of
04:41two or three brothers. A solitary myrrh had likely been separated by accident, or abandoned, forced to grow
04:47up alone. That would explain why this one was such an exceptional hunter. Without a family's protection,
04:54he'd had to become powerful to survive the ocean's dangers.
04:59It also meant he probably didn't know the courtship song or dance. Without performing the courtship ritual,
05:05none of the young females would even know he was available. Of course he didn't have a mate.
05:10Once mating season ended, Opal would leave Emerald Atoll with nothing to show for it.
05:14I could feel my thesis slipping away. I had to do something. It was just a song and a dance.
05:21I'd teach him myself. I pulled up recordings of Merrfolk courtship songs and waited at the dock.
05:26Opal arrived, dragging another massive tuna. The warm light softened his cold features.
05:31I knew he was dangerous, but Merrfolk had no recorded history of harming humans. I approached him slowly.
05:37Opal.
05:41Opal. That's the name I gave you. Merrfolk could only produce simple tones. They had a basic language,
05:47but communicated through ultrasound. Their vocal anatomy didn't support complex human speech.
05:53Neither did their intelligence, for that matter. He opened his mouth.
05:56Opal.
05:57Clear, precise, perfectly pronounced. He could speak. Research on deep sea Merr was scarce.
06:03Perhaps some subspecies had this ability. My thesis was going to shake the entire field.
06:09Opal.
06:09I pointed at him, then pointed at myself.
06:13Isla.
06:13He immediately understood that Opal referred to him.
06:16Opal.
06:16And Isla, to me, remarkably intelligent. I turned on the speaker I'd prepared.
06:22I'm going to teach you the courtship song. Once you learn it, you sing it for whichever mate you choose.
06:27He seemed confused, but I knew he wouldn't hurt me. Soon the lilting melody of a Merrfolk courtship
06:33song floated from the speaker. I had to admit, Merrfolk singing was beautiful. The next instant,
06:39Opal's expression changed. He drove his claws through the speaker in one violent strike,
06:43and treading it until the song went silent. I jumped back in terror and ran. Those claws
06:50would crack my skull just as easily. He saw me fleeing and lunged. I glanced back mid-sprint,
06:55and saw he'd hauled himself onto the shore, floundering forward, trying to chase me. But on land,
07:01he was slow, nowhere near fast enough. Isla. Isla.
07:05His voice was plaintive, almost begging. Isla.
07:07No wonder Mik said Merrfolk lured humans to their deaths. That's exactly what he sounded like now.
07:13Luring me back so he could eat me. The next day, I found a grouper on the dock,
07:17alongside a speaker that had been painstakingly pieced back together.
07:22Opal hovered a hundred meters out, neither approaching nor leaving, just watching me.
07:27I might have overreacted yesterday. Research consistently showed Merrfolk were among the
07:32friendliest species known. He'd probably just been startled that the speaker could produce mersong.
07:37I waved him over. He drifted 10 meters closer, waited, and when I didn't run,
07:42cautiously closed another 10 meters. Several minutes passed before he was just a few meters away.
07:47You don't like the speaker? What if I teach you myself?
07:54Could he actually understand human speech? I'd been listening to the colony's courtship songs through
07:58underwater equipment for weeks. I knew them by heart. I sang the first line, ready to sprint the instant his
08:04claws came from my head the way they'd come for the speaker. When Opal heard me sing, his eyes lit
08:09up.
08:09He repeated the line back. I sang the full courtship song, and he echoed it perfectly. I'd expected to
08:14need a dozen repetitions, but he reproduced the entire song flawlessly on the first try. His eyes never
08:19left me. He didn't even blink. It made me uneasy. Opal, you're incredibly smart. When you meet a merm you
08:25fancy someday, you may sing this tune for her. Considerate tuition. That night, deep in sleep,
08:31I was jolted awake by a familiar melody. Furious, I threw open the window and locked eyes with Opal.
08:37Shut up! I snapped at him. The singing stopped. I finally got a good night's sleep.
08:42But days later, Opal still hadn't found a mate despite knowing the courtship song.
08:47Was I really going to have to teach him the dance too?
08:51I was a strong swimmer and certified diver. When I was a child, trips to Thalassa were all the rage.
08:57My parents brought me here on vacation. After visiting the shallow water merfolk, the next day,
09:01we boarded a cruise ship to search for deep sea mer. But the waves were particularly rough that day,
09:06and I fell overboard. Over 10 days later, my parents found me unconscious on the shore, burning with fever.
09:13The fever wiped my memory of that entire period. The assumption was that a shallow water merfolk pod
09:18had rescued me. After that ordeal, once we returned to our home world, my parents enrolled me in swimming
09:23and diving lessons. I never imagined that years later I'd end up back on Thalassa, and that those
09:27skills would actually prove useful. When you see a female you like, have you tried singing the courtship
09:32song for her? He nodded. I was furious. He'd already sung the courtship song and still got rejected.
09:37These females had no taste. Opal was the most stunning mer on Emerald Atoll. Do you know the courtship dance?
09:44He shook his head. Fine. For the sake of my thesis, I'd go all in. I turned, walked into the
09:49room,
09:50slipped on the silver imitation fishtail, and then dove into the sea. I mimicked the courtship dance
09:54movements, twirling through the sea. Opal's eyes grew brighter and brighter, unblinking, fixed on
10:00every movement. Light. That was the first word he'd said to me besides my name. Idiot. If he liked it,
10:05then he'd better learn it. I was counting on those merpups next year. When the dance ended,
10:08he retracted his claws. Opal pulled me into a full embrace, carefully circling my waist,
10:14resting his head on my shoulder, his tail pressing close against mine.
10:19Like Isla. Compared to my clumsy, slightly ridiculous imitation of a mer dance,
10:23Opal's was effortless and powerful, devastatingly beautiful. He sang something similar to the merfolk
10:28courtship song, but more ethereal, more haunting. Those impossible eyes held nothing but my reflection the
10:33entire time. Like a sailor bewitched by a siren, I found myself swimming toward him, wanting to dance
10:38with him. The moment my hand touched his, I snapped out of it. Dancing with a fish, I'd lost my
10:43mind.
10:43I turned and swam hard for shore. Behind me, Opal slowly lowered his hand, watching me leave in silence.
10:54I'd barely peeled off the wet tail when my professor called, and his furious voice erupted from my comm device.
11:00You idiot. You told me you found a deep sea mer. Didn't you notice the razor sharp teeth? The long
11:06claws?
11:06The powerful tail? That's not a mer. It's more like a siren out of mythology. It could slice you open
11:13and rip
11:13your heart out without breaking a sweat. The only way a creature like that courts a mate is by hunting
11:18them down, dragging them somewhere no one will find them, and keeping them there until they're pregnant.
11:23Get out of there! Get out! Get out! So my gut had been right all along. I'd always known Opal
11:29looked
11:30different from the Merfolk. He wasn't a deep sea mer at all. He was a new species. An extremely
11:35dangerous new species, which meant the Emerald Atoll Research Station, with zero physical barriers,
11:40was a death trap. Until my professor secured funding and the station was reinforced, I had to
11:45leave immediately. I grabbed the essentials and launched my yacht. As the island shrank behind me,
11:51I let myself breathe. I hadn't said goodbye. That thought sat heavy in my chest. Whatever he was,
11:57he'd never actually hurt me. My professor called to make sure I'd gotten out. I'm well clear of the
12:03Atroy! Thank god. I thought the worst you'd cost me was my academic reputation. I didn't expect I'd
12:09nearly have to attend your funeral. But I had no appetite for his jokes. My voice was shaking.
12:15It's here. Opal's black hair billows in the wind, his sleek tail cutting through the water like an
12:22arrow. He caught up in seconds. His expression was colder than anything I'd ever seen. I told myself
12:27it was fine. The hull was metal. I was safe. Then five pointed claws hunched through the cabin wall.
12:33The metal tore apart like paper. I fell backward. The clumsiness on the dock had been an act.
12:39The moment he boarded, his tail split slowly into two human legs. He walked toward me step by step,
12:45like something out of a nightmare. Don't run. All that friendliness had been an act. From the
12:49day he appeared, he could have slaughtered me and the entire colony any time he wanted. But he hadn't.
12:55Had it all been a game to him? The moment his prey tried to run, the mask came off. Don't
13:00leave.
13:02My Isla. And then his lips pressed against mine. He was kissing me. Why? He pushed a smooth,
13:08hard pearl from his mouth into mine, his tongue forcing it to the back of my throat until I
13:12swallowed. Only then did he pull back, a satisfied smile spreading across his face. You can't escape
13:18now, my mate. The instant I swallowed the pearl, everything went black. Opal took me like prey.
13:28His tail reformed, and he held me against his chest as he shot through the ocean, heading somewhere unknown.
13:33My comm device lay abandoned on the deck, my professor's voice still coming through.
13:37What do you mean it's here? Isla, talk to me. A long silence. Then a sigh, and the sound of
13:42another
13:43call going out. Hello, is this planetary security? I woke up in iron shackles. I was inside a cave on
13:49some island. The only exit was submerged. Even if I could somehow dive through it, I'd face nothing but
13:54open ocean on the other side. A few meters away, he was slicing a massive fish into fillets with a
13:59poker face.
14:00Blood ran into the water. The metallic smell was everywhere. It looked like a scene from a slasher film.
14:05Was I next?
14:08He looked up. That cold expression was even more terrifying than before.
14:12Liar! You can't escape.
14:15Before, he'd only ever said a word or two at a time. Now he was speaking in full sentences. Fluent,
14:20precise.
14:21Like he'd know how to talk all along and had simply chosen not to. An animal would just kill you.
14:26But something intelligent enough to take hostages was something you could reason with.
14:30What exactly did I lie about? His expression grew angrier.
14:33You courted me first.
14:36Me?
14:36I accepted, and you ran! You always lie to me!
14:41I'd sung the courtship song to him, danced the courtship dance. From his perspective,
14:46I'd been proposing, and he had accepted.
14:50I softened my voice. This was all a misunderstanding. I'm a merfish researcher. I thought you were a
14:57male mer who'd come to join the Emerald Ator colony but didn't know how to court. I was teaching you.
15:03His fist slammed into the cave wall, punching out a chunk of solid rock. I didn't want to imagine what
15:08would happen if that had been my skull. I should never have accepted that reassignment.
15:13Shut up. You wanted me to court those stupid, weak merfish.
15:18It took a long time for the rage to subside before he spoke again. His voice was calm,
15:22but with something unhinged underneath. It doesn't matter. Only stupid merfish court that way.
15:28My inherited instinct tells me this is how we do it. We take our mate and hide them away.
15:35Everything my professor said had been true. Why couldn't he have told me sooner? He pushed the
15:40raw fillets toward me. Hit. I was about to refuse when hunger slammed into me like a wall. I wanted
15:46that fish more than I'd ever wanted anything in my life. I devoured every last piece. He watched with
15:52a look of satisfaction, entirely unsurprised, as if he had known this would happen. After eating,
15:58an overwhelming drowsiness hit. I slept again. When I woke, he was slicing fish. I ate again. Days
16:05passed before the hunger and exhaustion finally faded. I demanded answers. What did you do to me?
16:11He took my hand and guided my fingers behind my ears. On each side, I felt openings, developing gills.
16:17My skin had changed too, smoother and slicker, like it was no longer meant for land. I could probably
16:23stay underwater for hours now. The pearl. Am I going to turn into a creature like you?
16:32Yes. You'll become a siren like me. You'll never go back to the human world. I was going to turn
16:38into
16:38one of them. Never see my family again. Trapped with this monster for the rest of my life. Monster,
16:44even if I'm not human anymore, I'll never be with you. I hate you. I'd rather spend my life with
16:50a pot
16:50of murphine. His jaw clenched, eyes went bright with fury. But underneath it, just for a second, I saw
16:57something break. Then I'll keep you chained here forever. You won't see another human. You won't
17:02even see a murph. From that day on, my body kept changing, more and more like a fish. The openings
17:08behind my ears grew from two to six within two weeks. I didn't say a single word to him. The
17:14chains were long enough that I could reach the cave entrance. I'd tried submerging my head, and I could
17:19last hours now before I heard him coming back. If I could just get the shackles off, I could escape.
17:23Today he returned dragging only a small grouper. But his black gold tail bore a long gash.
17:28Iridescent scales fell away with every movement. He was injured. He didn't even have the strength to
17:33shift into legs. He just lay down and closed his eyes. I walked over and checked his breathing.
17:44Too bad I didn't die. You must be so disappointed.
17:47Obviously. I wish you'd drop dead. What happened to you?
17:52A pot of orcas. About thirty of them. Tried to take my territory. I won, of course. Just a scratch.
18:04Orcas. The ocean's roaming thugs. Thirty of them. And he won. I died a little inside. I truly provoked
18:11something terrifying. I kicked the grouper he brought into the water. I don't want grouper. I want salmon.
18:19Tomorrow? I want it today, you useless fish who can't even land a mate. Either let me go or go
18:25catch
18:25some right now. Tomorrow? I want it today, you useless fish who can't even land a mate. Either let
18:33me go or go catch some right now. He hauled himself up and swam back out through the entrance.
18:38After a long while, he returned with several salmon. The wound on his tail had turned white
18:42and waterlogged from the salt. Actually, I don't want salmon anymore.
18:46Too rich. I want something lighter. Sea bream. He dragged himself back out to catch sea bream.
18:52He brought the bream back. Before I could say another word, he collapsed. With his eyes closed,
18:58he looked completely harmless. The wound had gone raw from the seawater. I cleaned it. I sat beside him
19:05and closed my own eyes. I should hate him. I was floating in the ocean, but I knew I was
19:12dreaming.
19:12I turned back into a child. I saw another child about my age. Was I dreaming? I reached out to
19:18him.
19:19Please help me. He swam toward me and I saw that his lower half was a slender tail. A mare.
19:24He rescued me,
19:25set me on a reef and caught food for me. A good myrrh. I wanted him to take me somewhere
19:29with
19:29people. I want to go home. My parents would be worried. But he couldn't understand me,
19:34so I taught him to speak, word by word. He was smart. In just over 10 days, we could communicate.
19:40I learned he wasn't a myrrh. He was a siren. Sirens were solitary. The unchallenged apex predators of the
19:46deep. Sirens never raised their young. From the moment a hatchling broke free of its egg,
19:50it faced the dangerous ocean alone. Only those who survived earned the name siren. I was very innocent
19:55as a child. Innocent in that way only children can be. The kind that cuts. So you don't have family
20:01or friends? You've always been alone? Not even a fish friend? Don't you get lonely? What's lonely?
20:11Lonely is when there's no one to play with you. No one to talk to. No one who misses you.
20:16I didn't know
20:17what lonely was before. So I wasn't lonely. Now I will be. I'm sorry. After I go home,
20:26I'll come back every summer to play with you. I'll talk to you. And I'll miss you. Let's make a
20:31pinky
20:32promise. I swear. He copied my gesture solemnly, extending his little finger, careful not to nick me
20:38with his sharp eyes and hooked it around mine. Cross your heart. We're best friends. I'll never forget
20:43you. Best friends. I'd planned to stay a few more days before having him take me home. But the sea
20:49wind and the monotonous diet made me sick. A fever set in. Everything blurred. His face went white.
20:55It's my fault. You don't belong in the sea. I'll take you somewhere with humans. They'll help you.
21:00He carried me on his thin back, racing through the ocean, trying to keep the waves from soaking my hair.
21:06When I'm better, I'll come back for you. Isla. I'll wait. He slipped back into the water. And only
21:15after people found me and carried me away did that small shape in the distance finally disappear.
21:20But I never kept my promise. I forgot all of it.
21:25If I hadn't been reassigned to my professor years later, I might never have returned to Thalassa in
21:30my life. And Opal had come to Emerald Atoll not for the merfolk. For me. And what had I done?
21:37I'd made him think I was courting him. He accepted. I ran. He thought I'd betrayed him twice. In his
21:44fury,
21:44he took me. Liar. I hated you. You are a monster. I'd never be with you. Sirens heal with terrifying
21:54speed. Within hours, the vicious wound had closed. Opal opened his eyes and saw me still obediently
22:00shackled. Only then did he relax. Opal, you're awake. Does anything still hurt?
22:05Even if you've changed tactics and you're trying to soft me up, I won't let you go.
22:10Opal, you're awake. Does anything still hurt? Even if you've changed tactics and you're trying to
22:14soft me up, I won't let you go. I'd forgotten our promise. Everything on Emerald
22:20Atoll had been a misunderstanding. Liar. Don't think saying that will make me release you.
22:25My goal now wasn't escape. It was to comfort this poor fish who'd been let down for over a decade.
22:29I don't want to leave anymore. I'll stay here with you.
22:34Then you'll be my mate. Soon, here, we'll be growing an egg. Didn't you want to study my
22:40offspring? Isla, why not carry them yourself? I'm a human, you know?
22:45You swallowed my pearl. Your body has already been altered to carry Siren Young.
22:52Honestly, I wasn't entirely opposed to him. Interspecies marriage laws between beast
22:56folk and humans had already passed. Plenty of humans were into it, but carrying an egg was
23:00beyond anything I'd mentally prepared for. Can we just date first? A purely platonic relationship?
23:07I explained what platonic meant. He got angrier.
23:11You're lying again. I'll never believe you. But when I asked him to unlock the chains so I could swim,
23:16he agreed. Just as I thought. All bark, no bite. But impossible to convince. While Opal was out hunting,
23:24I dove into the water at the cave entrance and discovered small bioluminescent fish. I caught a few
23:30and snacked them. When I surfaced, my body was burning. Especially there. I tried to deal with
23:36it for a long time, but the relief wouldn't come. Opal returned and saw the remaining bioluminescent fish.
23:43Merfish eat those during mating. You ate them? How was there something like that just swimming
23:47around? Humans really had studied this planet nowhere near enough. It kept getting worse. My
23:51face was burning. And not just from the effect. I couldn't believe I was about to say this. I reached
23:56out to Opal. Can you help me, Opal, please? He just stood there, looking like a kicked puppy,
24:04despite being a creature that could kill 30 orcas. You always do this. You asked me first,
24:09then you took it back. Every single time. I pulled him closer by the wrist. I like you.
24:14I want you. Now, you really have to help me. I need you. He didn't move. His eyes were fixed
24:21on me,
24:21wounded and wary. You're begging me now, but tomorrow you'll hate me again. I don't believe you. Those
24:27green eyes looked so lost, like he was already bracing for me to disappear. So I kissed him first. He
24:32froze. Then his arms came around me so tight I thought my ribs would crack. He was gentle at first,
24:38trembling even. Like he was afraid I'd break. Then not. By the end I was breathless, clinging to him,
24:45telling him that was enough. I couldn't take anymore. He didn't stop until my body gave out
24:49completely. The next morning, clear-headed, I processed the fact that I'd slept with a fish.
24:56It had actually felt pretty good. I might genuinely be in love with Opal. When Opal saw me awake,
25:00he handed me a knife made from shell. You hate me even more now, don't you? I forced you last
25:06night.
25:06I'd been on the bottom, but I knew full well who'd been forcing whom. You must despise me. I've unlocked
25:12your chains. You can use this knife to fierce my heart, then leave this place forever. Go back to the
25:17human world. And then what? He'd dissolve into sea foam? He was pure-hearted and soft underneath it all,
25:22playing at being a captor when he didn't have the constitution for it. I really like you.
25:26If you don't believe me, let's do it again. So we did. Many, many times. In the cave at the
25:32bottom
25:32of the sea. But he still didn't believe me.
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