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00:06Got it? That's the courtship dance.
00:09Learn it, then perform it for the female you've picked.
00:19Arn, I told you to learn the dance, not hug me.
00:25Like you.
00:30Again.
00:37You idiot! Didn't you see his fangs, those claws, and that incredibly powerful tail?
00:42He's not an ordinary merman. He's more like a siren out of legend.
00:47A siren? But he's never hurt me.
00:51Those creatures can tear you to pieces easily.
00:54Once they pick a mate, they hunt them down, drag them off to some hidden place,
00:59and keep them prisoner until they've made it. Get out of there right now!
01:08It's too late.
01:14When young males come of age, they typically leave their birth clan to find a mate and settle with a
01:20new community.
01:21It helps maintain genetic diversity.
01:27He's been living by himself on the far side of the island for two months.
01:34Based on what I've observed, I believe he's a deep-sea merman who left his native colony to find a
01:40mate.
01:42I finally get to see you!
01:45I finally get to see you!
01:53You're amazing.
01:56Why am I you?
02:02You can hear me?
02:08This is for me?
02:12Okay.
02:17Wait.
02:18Did a merman just...
02:20feed me?
02:21When humans first discovered Thalysia,
02:23Murphix research was a booming field.
02:25Why did nearly everyone abandon it to study beastvec instead?
02:28Because shallow-water Murphix are only a little more intelligent than orcas.
02:32They mostly eat seaweed, with the occasional oyster or small fish,
02:36and they can't interbreed with humans.
02:38Before long, the scientific community lost interest.
02:41Most researchers moved on to studying beastvec,
02:44leaving only a few who still cared about Murphix.
02:46But this one's different.
02:48He can understand what people say,
02:50he knows which parts of his prey are the best,
02:52and he even brings me food.
02:54So this is why you need to stay away from it.
02:57A new species isn't some easy path to a diploma.
03:03I still haven't picked a thesis topic,
03:05and I'm running out of time.
03:06I'm heading to a university conference,
03:08and I'll be away for about a week.
03:11When I come back,
03:12I hope you've chosen your thesis topic.
03:14I know you can do it.
03:17Sigh.
03:30I can't believe it's already been three months.
03:33If it weren't for the internet and cleaning robots,
03:35I probably would have dropped out by now.
03:46This male is completely different from other Meripid.
03:49He's more intelligent and far stronger.
03:52If he finds a mate during breeding season
03:54and stays at the Emerald Detect,
03:56we could see two or three strong,
03:58intelligent babies born next spring.
04:00I could study the hybrid traits
04:01between different Murphish subspecies.
04:03If things go well,
04:04I might even be able to graduate early.
04:09Like a burning Aurora.
04:11From now on, I'll call you Avrin.
04:17All right.
04:49Oh, Lattice.
04:51You bring me way too much food every day. I can't finish it all on my own.
05:06You can't even find a partner for yourself, but you've already played matchmay for everyone else.
05:16The other young males are always seen in pairs. Why is Oren the only one who lives alone?
05:21Murphic are highly social species. When young males leave their native group, they typically do so with two or three
05:28siblings.
05:29Males who live alone are usually those who were accidentally separated from their group during childhood or were abandoned.
05:38He was forced to mature alone. Without the protection of his community, he had to develop the strength necessary to
05:46survive.
05:47Which also means he might have grown up without anyone ever teaching him how to find a mate.
05:52If he doesn't know the mating song and dance, the young females will never know he's ready to pair up.
05:58When the breeding season is over, he'll leave. And my thesis will fall apart with him.
06:03Don't do anything dangerous for your thetis.
06:07It's just a song and a dance, isn't it?
06:20Avrin. That's the name I gave you.
06:24Avrin.
06:26Mira.
06:30Me-ra.
06:32Normal murphish can only make simple tones.
06:35They communicate mainly through sounds and body movements.
06:38Their physiology doesn't even support complex human speech.
06:42You could make my research the discovery of the century.
06:49I'm going to teach you the courtship song.
06:51Once you learn it, sing it to the female you choose.
07:09For your feet, you hubs.
07:12Get away from me!
07:14Ya.
07:17Let's do.
07:21Old legends say mermaids use their voices to lure humans to their doom.
07:25Right now, he sounds like he's trying to lure me back, just so he can devour me.
07:38You fixed this?
07:40Maybe I was wrong about what happened yesterday.
07:43You were just scared when the speaker suddenly started playing the mermaid's song, right?
07:47Come here. Easy. No claws.
07:54You don't like the speaker? I'll sing it for you myself.
08:07Oren, you're really smart. I thought I'd have to teach you at least a dozen times.
08:13Next time you see a female you like, sing it to her.
08:15As for this fish, this is your tuition.
08:30Oren, shut up!
08:32Wait until morning to go chasing after your crush. Right now, I'm sleeping!
08:44You already know the courtship song, so why are you still alone?
08:50Don't tell me I have to teach you a courtship dance, too.
08:58Mira, stay away from the railing!
09:09Mira, wake up!
09:12That accident changed everything.
09:14A sudden high fever wiped away all my memories.
09:17Everyone believed that the Marrake saved me.
09:20After that, my parents sent me to learn swimming and diving, hoping it would help me recover what I had
09:24lost.
09:25I never imagined that years later, I would find myself returning to Thalia once again,
09:30the place where my forgotten past began.
09:39Arran, when you fell for someone, did you ever sing that courtship song to her?
09:47She didn't accept your courtship?
09:51Those females have no taste.
09:53You're clearly the most beautiful merperson in the Emerald of Tor.
09:58Then, do you know the courtship dance?
10:03Called it.
10:04Looks like I'll have to teach you all over again, strictly for my thesis.
10:10I never thought the swimming and diving lessons I took as a kid would end up being used to teach
10:14a fish how to fall in love.
10:23Like you.
10:24If you like it, pay close attention.
10:26I'm only teaching you once.
10:29Arran, this is a lesson, not an excuse to hold me.
10:58Arran, this is a lesson, not an excuse to hold me.
11:02He's razor-sharp fangs, claws far longer than any shallow sea meramize, and a massive black and gold tail stretching
11:08almost eight feet.
11:09You idiot!
11:10Didn't you notice those razor-sharp teeth, those long claws, and that insanely powerful tail?
11:16He's just stronger than an ordinary merperson.
11:18That's no mermaid.
11:19It's a siren from legend.
11:21It could tear you open in seconds!
11:24But he never hurt me.
11:26When a siren finds its chosen mate, it doesn't ask for permission.
11:30It hunts them, takes them to a place no one can find, and holds them captive until they carry its
11:35baby.
11:36Evacuate immediately!
11:43So I was wrong from the very beginning.
11:45He's not a deep-sea merocorrent.
11:48He's an entirely new species that's never been documented before.
11:51The research station has no real protection.
11:54To him, that place is just an opening door.
11:57When can you secure the funding for reinforcements?
11:59I don't know.
12:00Until then, you need to leave immediately!
12:20I left without even saying goodbye.
12:23Whatever he is, deep down, he never tried to hurt me.
12:43Are you far away from the Adar now?
12:45I'm heading to the nearest human port.
12:47Thank goodness.
12:49Destroying your career and reputation?
12:51Your funeral!
12:53No!
12:53No!
13:03He's coming!
13:14Mira, keep moving!
13:15Do not let him reach the vessel!
13:17It's a metal ship.
13:19He can't get inside.
13:22He can't get inside.
13:32You could have come onto land this whole time.
13:35Don't go.
13:36He had the ability to end my life from the very beginning, yet he chose not to.
13:41Was everything, the trust, the kindness, the connection, just a cruel game?
13:45Or did I only see the monster when I tried to leave?
13:48Arryn, stop!
13:50I didn't know you were a siren.
13:53I never meant to hurt you, I just wanted to go.
13:55Stay with me.
14:02Now you can't get away from me, my Mira.
14:14What did you put in me?
14:24Mira?
14:25Mira?
14:27Answer me!
14:40Arryn!
14:47You are mine.
14:53You were able to speak all along?
14:57What do you really want from me?
14:59If you hate me so much, why don't you just kill me?
15:03You were the one who came to me first.
15:05I accepted, and then you ran away.
15:08You've always lied to me.
15:12You've got it all wrong.
15:14I'm a merfish researcher.
15:16I thought you were a lost male Mira person, who wanted to find a place among the Emerald Atlan clan,
15:20but didn't know how to court someone.
15:21I was only teaching you.
15:24I was only teaching you.
15:25I never meant anything else.
15:30You're the one who wants me to go after those stupid merfish.
15:39That kind of courtship is for stupid merfish.
15:41My instincts told me I should take my chosen mate, hide her away, and never let her go.
15:47Everything Professor Wall said was true.
15:49If only he had warned me earlier.
15:55I'm not hungry.
15:59Eat now.
16:16What did you do to my body?
16:22What's this?
16:24Gills.
16:25It was the pearl, wasn't it?
16:26Am I going to become like you?
16:28Yes.
16:29You'll become a siren.
16:31After that, the human world will no longer be your home.
16:34Even if I'm no longer human, I'll never be with you.
16:36I hate you.
16:37I'd rather spend my entire life living with an ordinary merfish clan.
16:43Then you'll stay here with me forever.
16:46From now on, you'll never lay eyes of another creature again.
16:57If I can free myself from these restraints, I'll have a chance to escape.
17:11Honestly, I wish you were dead.
17:13What happened to you?
17:15About thirty orcas are trying to take over my territory.
17:18Thirty?
17:19Of course I won.
17:21It's just a scratch.
17:27I don't want this.
17:29I want salmon.
17:31Tomorrow?
17:32Today.
17:32You useless fish.
17:34You can't even find a mate.
17:35Either let me go, or go catch one right now.
17:46Salmon.
17:47Actually, I don't want salmon anymore.
17:49I want something lighter.
17:50Sea bream.
18:01I'm supposed to hate you.
18:14I'm supposed to hate you.
18:18Help me!
18:26Baby, I'm falling.
18:28Mira, how about you?
18:32Looking for ways to let you know.
18:34You are not a mermaid, are you?
18:37A siren.
18:38You don't have any family or friends?
18:41Have you always been alone?
18:44Yes.
18:47Don't you ever feel lonely?
18:49Lonely is having no one to play with, no one to talk to, and no one who misses you.
18:56I never knew what loneliness was before, but now I do.
19:01I'm sorry.
19:02Once I get home, I'll come back every summer to spend time with you.
19:06I'll talk to you, and I'll miss you.
19:11It's a promise.
19:12We're best friends, and I'll never forget you.
19:22It's all my fault.
19:24You don't belong in the ocean.
19:25I'll take you somewhere safe where people can help you.
19:30Once I'm healed, I'll come back to find you.
19:33Aarion, wait for me.
19:39Mira, wake up!
19:44If I hadn't come back to Thalaria for my thesis, I might never have returned again.
19:49Aarion didn't come to the Emerald Atlik for the Murphils.
19:52He came to find me.
19:54To him, I had betrayed him twice, so he took me away.
20:02Aarion.
20:08Orin, you're awake.
20:10Are you still in pain anywhere?
20:14Even if you change your strategy and try to make me waver with kindness, I still won't let you go.
20:20I'm not changing my strategy.
20:22I just remembered.
20:24What?
20:25That island and the promise we made.
20:27You saved my life.
20:29I promised I'd come back every summer, but the fever made me forget you.
20:37Don't think this will make me let you go.
20:40Everything that happened at the Emerald Atel was a misunderstanding.
20:44I thought you were a mermaid who didn't know how to court a mate, so I sang and danced for
20:49you.
20:50You still want to leave.
20:51I don't want to run away anymore.
20:54Fuck.
20:55Then you'll become my mate.
20:57Soon, an egg will be born here.
21:00Didn't you want to study my baby?
21:02Why not bring them into the world yourself?
21:05But I'm human.
21:07You swallowed the pearl.
21:08It changed your body.
21:10Now you can carry our babies.
21:12Can we just date first?
21:14Can we keep a platonic relationship now?
21:16What is platonic relationship?
21:18I mean, we should spend some time together first, get to know each other, and not rush into having baby.
21:28You are lying.
21:29I'll never trust you again.
21:31Then at least take off the chains.
21:33I already told you I'm not leaving.
21:47I still don't trust you.
22:24You ate them?
22:26They're just a few little fish.
22:27What's wrong?
22:29Murphic only eat that kind of fish during breeding season.
22:33When will this feeling go away?
22:36I don't know.
22:40Can you help me?
22:43You're always like this.
22:45You say you want, then you take it back.
22:47Every single time.
22:50Not this time.
22:52I want you.
22:54I need you.
22:56Please.
22:57I'm begging you.
23:00You're begging me today, but tomorrow you'll hate me.
23:03I don't believe you.
23:16Oh, baby.
23:21I love you.
23:25I love you.
23:27I love you.
23:33I slept with a siren last night, and somehow it felt pretty good.
23:37I think I've fallen in love with Aaron.
23:40It isn't just a dream.
23:43You know that you are everything.
23:45You probably hate me more than ever now, don't you?
23:48What happened last night?
23:49I forced you.
23:52You really think you forced me?
23:54Trust me, I know who wanted it more last night.
23:57You're free now.
23:59The chains are gone.
24:02This knife can take you out of this cave and back to the human world.
24:30Why are you still here?
24:35Because I love you.
24:39Yesterday, you said you wanted me to.
24:43That wasn't a lie.
24:44No.
24:45I don't trust you.
24:47You don't believe me?
24:49Fine.
24:49Then I'll show you again.
25:15But Aaron still won't believe me.
25:17Every time I see your eyes, all my world is freezing.
25:26I really do love you.
25:28I'll take you home to meet my parents, and I'll marry you.
25:34You were willing to deceive me, drag me back into the human world, and let them capture
25:39me for their experiments.
25:41Is your research really worth that much to you?
25:43Worth putting yourself through all of this?
25:46Even pretending to want me?
26:12It's all my fault.
26:14You don't belong in the ocean.
26:15I'll take you somewhere safe where people can help you.
26:18I'll take you back to the human world myself.
26:20Once this is over, I'm gone.
26:22You'll never see me again.
26:23You said if I swallowed the pearl, I'd turn into a siren just like you, didn't you?
26:34I lied.
26:36The pearl was never meant to turn you into a siren.
26:39It only changes your body enough for you to live in the sea, and to endure being with
26:44me.
26:45But no matter what it does to you, you're still human.
26:49So I'm never actually going to become a siren?
26:52No.
26:57I know you've always wanted to leave, just like you did ten years ago.
27:08Once I'm healed, I'll come back to find you.
27:11Arryn, wait for me.
27:33You said you could leave me my little test subject.
27:42So this was your plan from the very beginning?
27:44Your research?
27:45Your thesis?
27:47You were willing to seduce me just to get your hands on a siren?
28:05Yes.
28:11If you keep going without food or water, you're going to die.
28:14What a shame.
28:16Then all you'll have is a dead siren.
28:21In a few months, we'll have a live baby siren to study.
28:27You're carrying my baby?
28:29This is your child.
28:32Do you really hate us that much?
28:34Isn't that what sirens do?
28:36Throw their babies into the sea and leave them to fend for themselves?
28:42You can take my blood, my hair, even my tail.
28:45I'll give you anything you want.
28:46Just don't hurt our baby.
28:50Just don't hurt our baby.
29:18You imprisoned me once and I did the same to you, so we're even.
29:22The Interstellar Alliance has recognized Sirens as a sentient species.
29:26You have full legal personhood now.
29:28Under the law, you're equal to any human.
29:30You can marry anyone you want now.
29:34Arryn, you've never believed that I love you, but I'm still going to propose to you.
29:39Sure, I may have used some extreme measures to keep you here, but I learned them from you.
29:45You wouldn't want our baby to be born without a real family, would you?
29:50Are you proposing to me?
29:52You really loved me, didn't you?
29:54If I didn't love you, why would I still be with you?
29:57Why would I carry our baby?
30:01We drew your blood exactly once, and the only thing we used it for was determining which medications were safe
30:06for you.
30:07No one ever used your samples for any unauthorized research.
30:11If you hadn't convinced yourself that I hated you, written yourself into a tragic ending, and decided to disappear forever,
30:18I would have taken you to meet my parents the very next day.
30:22You could have gotten your legal status, and we could have been married within a month.
30:26You're such a dork.
30:32Of course, I'm an idiot too.
30:35I actually taught you a whole courtship ritual, and let you use it on another mermaid.
30:40If you no longer love me, hate me, or if you're determined to take legal action, then make me the
30:47only one you go after.
30:49Please, don't rag the other workers into this.
30:59Mira, I've loved you every second since the moment I met you.
31:02Not once have I stopped.
31:05This cage can't hold me.
31:07If I really wanted to leave, nothing could stop me.
31:09Then why are you still here?
31:11Because of you.
31:12I thought you were using me.
31:13I thought I was just a test subject to you, and I still loved you.
31:15I starved myself just to make you come see me.
31:17You threatened me with our child, and even then,
31:20I couldn't hate you.
31:21We've been far away from my fear.
31:33Is this really our baby?
31:34You're sure no one switched it, right?
31:42Oren, what are you doing?
31:44What kind of father does that?
31:50Yep, that's definitely our baby.
31:53Now let's toss him into the sea and let him fend for himself.
31:57Oren, do you have a death wish or something?
32:10Our kid is going to be the happiest kid in the world.
32:12He'll have parents who love him.
32:15Grandparents who cherish him.
32:16He'll go to school, make friends, grow up with a real family,
32:18and you want to toss him into the ocean?
32:24But that's how I grew up.
32:26I never knew my parents.
32:28I never had grandparents.
32:30You were the only friend I had, and you never came back.
32:32I waited for you for over 10 years right there at the place where we promised.
32:38But I am here now.
32:40All my love is yours.
32:41You're the luckiest Siren in the world, and I'm not going anywhere.
32:45Let your parents keep Siren for a while.
32:48It's been so long since it's just been the two of us.
33:09Orin, didn't you say the pearl would only change me a little?
33:12I said it would change you.
33:13Enough.
33:15Enough for what?
33:16I'm already growing scales.
33:18It looks good on you.
33:20It's not about how I look.
33:22When does this end?
33:24Your body is adapting to my world.
33:26It's not going to stop.
33:28So what, I'm going to grow a fishtail next?
33:30You'll never become a true Siren.
33:33But you won't be fully human anymore.
33:37You'll become something in between.
33:40A new kind of being.
33:47Are these changes going to change my life span?
33:50The changes will continue until you can stay by my side forever.
33:54A new kind of being.
34:08Oh...
34:09Mira, he looks just like you did when you were little.
34:11Just wait until you see his other form.
34:21you were like that when you were a kid
34:25i don't know no one was around to see
34:35he must love you more than anything i've never seen anyone so afraid of losing someone
34:40he's just overreacting no he's really scared he's going to lose you
34:46i'll always be here then make sure he knows that
35:07his vocal range is highly unusual it includes infrasound that can directly affect the nervous
35:12system that may very well be the source of the ancient siren song legends
35:16it isn't magic it's targeted neurological stimulating through sound waves
35:22i'd like to run a few more recording experiments with orlin
35:36i can smell a siren on her ria it's faint and old but i know my own kind
35:41she's been in contact with the siren and it wasn't me
36:08that's when it happened
36:10how do you know three weeks alone in the deep sea and she came back alive
36:16something must have kept her alive
36:43it was a siren a fully grown one
36:47bigger than you i thought you were already i'm still young sirens never stopped growing
36:51he's ancient he could be hundreds of years old
36:53is he dangerous every single siren is dangerous
36:59he's not hunting he's searching
37:03ria didn't stay with him do you know what happens when a siren's mate leaves them
37:06a siren's pearl is part of their life force and it has to be given willingly
37:10the bond never stops screaming every second apart is torture the instinct to find their mate takes
37:14over everything reasons until eventually they can't even completely feral
37:20how long will it take
37:22there's no set answer
37:24some sirens only need a few weeks but he's old and incredibly powerful
37:28he's held out far longer than any normal siren could
37:31but he's almost at his limit
37:49there are consoles
38:072 47 a.m. you went to the docks alone and sang a song that didn't exist in the database
38:12i don't know what you're talking about
38:14seconds later a siren that had lived for centuries answered you
38:19you knew
38:25you're covered in his scent
38:26no
38:27that's impossible it's been two years
38:29so you really do know him
38:36i didn't survive those three weeks on emergency rations during the deep sea expedition two years ago
38:42who saved you
38:45i don't know his real name
38:47i only know the name i gave him
38:50ridden
38:54after the submarine went down i was trapped in the southern trench
38:57no communications
38:58less than two hours of oxygen
39:00and riddian showed up
39:03at first i thought he was going to devour me
39:08sirens don't eat humans
39:10you didn't look like it when you first chased me
39:13i only came to take my mate back
39:15yeah and tear apart a metal yacht
39:18it was in the way
39:19it was in the way
39:20ridden saved me
39:22just saving you
39:24no
39:26what
39:27he gave you his pearl
39:29how do you know
39:31i can smell it on you
39:33ria
39:34ridden gave you his life pearl
39:35i don't know what that is
39:36i don't even know what it means
39:37it means you accepted him as your mate
39:39no
39:39i didn't
39:42you swallowed it
39:43because i'm dying
39:45there's no difference to a siren
39:56he's here for you
40:05this is submersitory three from the southern expedition team can anyone hear me
40:08oxygen remaining
40:11zero one forty seven thirty two
40:18you've got to be kidding me
40:39stay back
40:42i don't eat things raw
40:44do you understand
40:48okay
40:48at least you don't want to eat me right now
40:56rush a
40:57rush
40:57e
40:58a
41:00a
41:02you really do learn fast
41:03what about you
41:04i can't keep calling you the red monster
41:07rithan
41:08how's that
41:10rithan
41:17what's this
41:25don't die
41:37how old are you
41:40i don't know
41:42you have no parents
41:43no
41:44all those years alone
41:46don't you ever feel lonely
41:47not before
41:49what about now
41:51i am
41:59they found me
42:04dr lynn
42:05we finally found you
42:06get out of these waters now
42:08wait there's still
42:09the sub detected a massive unknown creature
42:11we can't stay here
42:15rithan
42:16i'll come back
42:17do you hear me
42:18i'll come back for you
42:23they called off the expedition that day
42:24and for two years i kept trying seventeen times to get back to the southern trench
42:28all of them were rejected
42:31yes
42:33until your paper went public that i finally understood
42:35he wasn't a monster
42:36you should have come back sooner
42:40i wanted to
42:42you weren't here to study olin
42:44the research was real
42:46but i was also here to find riddick
42:56can someone tell me why a siren bigger than orin is heading toward the research station
43:01it's a long story
43:03every time you say it's a long story i end up writing a 50 page incident report
43:07it wasn't me
43:10thank god
43:12it was me
43:16do all you young researchers have to piss off a siren before you can graduate
43:25he's been looking
43:28are these all ridian
43:31looks like it
43:33he tracked it all the way here from the southern hemisphere
43:43i'm going to go see him
43:44i'm going to go see him
43:45no you can't
43:45he may not even recognize you anymore
43:47you don't get to stop me
43:48but he stopped when he heard me singing last night
43:50his instincts remember you
43:52that doesn't mean his mind does
43:53the person he wants most right now is also the person he's most likely to hurt
44:22no one fires unless he attacks first
44:25the alliance has classified him as a sentient species
44:28ria you ready
44:30no good
44:31i wasn't either the first time i met olin
44:33i remember how happy you were when we first met
44:36but that didn't last
44:56how long has he been looking
44:59raiden
45:02it's me
45:08i'm back
45:13raiden
45:14raiden
45:26raiden
45:27raiden
45:32get away from me
45:33no
45:53oran don't go toe-to-toe with him
45:57i know
46:05that's enough
46:06raiden
46:12look at me
46:15you've been looking for me haven't you
46:19ria don't move
46:27you'd never hurt me
46:32raiden it's me
46:36please don't
46:37you
46:40why
46:44i'll tell you everything
46:58well at least he recognized you
47:01but he almost killed oran
47:03no
47:06you just got thrown like 30 feet
47:09i didn't hurt
47:10that's not the point
47:13he's holding back
47:15what
47:16if he'd really gone foral i'd be dead after that first hit
47:20he's still himself
47:25i used to say the same thing to him every day
47:29what
47:31i told him to stop following me around
47:34rithian i'll be back
47:36wait here for me
47:39what's the matter
47:40it sounds dangerous
47:41don't judge a promise you know nothing about
47:48how can i get
47:51all for you
47:52laiden i never meant to leave you
47:56i didn't know what the pearl meant
47:59i never realized you'd been looking for me all this time
48:06i'm sorry
48:09liar
48:14you remember
48:18you still remember me
48:29you haven't been sleeping well for the past two years
48:32yeah
48:34anything else
48:35sometimes i hear really faint singing
48:37the doctor says it's just stress causing me to hallucinate
48:44maybe the doctor was wrong
48:53was there a crack here before
48:55yeah for a few months after i got back
48:57then it just slowly disappeared
49:02just like me
49:03no it's different
49:05how is it different
49:07you're still changing
49:19why did ria stop changing but i didn't
49:22i don't know
49:25aren't you a siren
49:27it's not like i got a how to be a siren's mate manual at birth
49:31a little
49:34scared
49:36then let's figure it out together
49:54is that all you sirens can do
49:57the prey represents your power
49:59i know
50:00used to give me one every day
50:04you're so high maintenance
50:06when was i ever hard to take care of
50:07i was badly hurt and you still sent me out to catch salmon and snapper
50:14is this for me
50:20thank you
50:20thank you
50:24but i live at the research station now
50:26i have plenty to eat
50:29hey i'm not turning it down
50:30i'll eat it
50:33it's been two years and you're still the same as ever
50:35you've changed
50:37where
50:38your scent has faded
50:42will the changes caused by the pearl wear off
50:44at least yours seems to be fading
50:46because i'm too far away from him
50:48that's probably it
50:50how about you
50:59i'm with over and every day
51:14didn't you spend two years looking for me
51:16i'm right here now
51:23stop staring at him
51:25he might hurt her
51:28you locked me in a cave before
51:31that's why i know
51:48it's almost gone
51:49what
51:51mine
51:52reethan i didn't leave because i didn't want you
51:55you think i don't want you anymore
51:59i'm back
52:04he still loves her
52:07never stopped
52:22come with me
52:25where
52:26into the deep
52:31how long
52:33forever
52:35no
52:38you're leaving me again
52:39i won't
52:41you're not coming with me
52:45those are two different things
52:51you can't expect ria to stay down there forever
52:55why
52:56because humans have jobs
52:58families
52:58friends
52:59and lives of their own
53:00a hassle
53:07don't agree
53:08don't agree
53:08it really is a hassle
53:10but i figured it out
53:12just because she lives on land doesn't mean she isn't yours
53:15i'm not yours
53:17i'm not yours
53:18you're my mate
53:19those two words are completely different
53:24you need to learn how to live with humans
53:26why
53:27because i'm human
53:29you have my pearl
53:31i'm still human
53:32if i learn
53:33you won't leave
53:34i won't disappear on you again
53:38pinky promise
53:52you will
53:54of course
53:57so you were just playing helpless when you chased me at the docks
53:59i wasn't
54:02you could walk
54:06i thought dragging my tail would make you come back
54:11turns out
54:11it only made me run faster
54:14first
54:14you can't just drag your mate back to the cave without asking
54:19why
54:20because it's illegal
54:24avalon did
54:27we're even
54:29don't be a bad influence on him
54:31second
54:32you can't go after people just because i'm talking to them
54:37what if it's a male
54:38still no
54:43what if he wants you
54:46absolutely not
54:50welcome to civilized society
54:58baby
55:00mine
55:02wait
55:06nice teeth
55:07you two are both crazy
55:21there's no record of this place anywhere in human history
55:24this place is mine
55:28how long have you been here
55:30a long time
55:32a hundred years
55:33longer
55:34two hundred
55:35could be
55:46what are these
55:49whenever my territory changes
55:50i leave a mark
55:52how far back does it go
55:54back then humans hadn't come to thalia yet
55:58did you see the first human colony ships
56:00from a distance
56:02that was over two hundred years ago
56:10would you be willing to register as a sentient being
56:16can you let ria stay
56:18those two things aren't directly related
56:22then this is useless
56:24where then
56:29i'd be willing to
56:36let me see
56:38what
56:43let her go
56:48something's wrong with her transformation
56:55what's wrong
56:57too fast
56:58too deep
57:01she ate my pearl
57:03i know
57:04so her body will adapt to the ocean
57:07not just adapt
57:11you don't know what the pearl does
57:14no one ever taught me
57:16then you're in serious trouble
57:26so what exactly is this pearl
57:28it's a part of a siren's life force
57:30biological tissue
57:32don't know
57:33an energy vessel
57:35don't know
57:38then what do you know
57:40i know what happens when you eat it
57:43fine you already know way more than they do
57:46the pearl helps a siren's mate adapt to each other
57:49yeah we know that
57:51seawater
57:51the pressure
57:52their diet
57:53their bodies
57:54even their lifespan
57:57wait
57:57what was the last one
57:59lifespan
58:02i thought you said it would only let me live in the ocean
58:04that's what i thought
58:05you're too young
58:07i could take down 30 orders
58:09still too young
58:11so
58:12how much longer will i live
58:13why don't you know anything
58:15roughly
58:16i don't know
58:17because nobody counts
58:19she'll keep changing until she can live long enough to be by your side
58:25i never saw this coming
58:27i know
58:29she'll keep changing until she can live long enough to be able to live long enough to live long enough
58:29to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough
58:29to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough
58:29to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough
58:29to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough
58:29to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough
58:29to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough
58:29to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough
58:29to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough
58:29to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough
58:29to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough to live long enough