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