Do as you wish but
Do not order for me just
Because you will pay
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D. J. Reddall
I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.
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The Salt in her Voice
The myth says mermaids sing to lure sailors to their death. But why? The ocean is huge. Only 5 percent has been discovered by man. Why would a creature of the sea with that much space to roam ever care about the fate of men on ships? The answer, as it turns out, is not a simple one at all. The truth about the myth is older than the tides. Long ago before the first ship ever cut across the surface, the sea made a pact with the sky. The sky would take the souls of the drowned. Anyone who died in storms or any quiet accidents of the deep would have their soul lifted upward to the Heavens while the bodies would remain below, feeding the oceans endless hunger. The greedy sea however wanted more souls than the sky would claim. So it created mermaids. It gave them beautiful voices woven from currents and moonlight. It commanded them to sing. "Bring forth the ones who float where they should sink." it instructed them. So they did. They never killed out of malice but out of obligation. They sung to summon, not to seduce. A mermaid's voice could loosen the tether between the body and soul, making any man step willingly into the water. The sea would take the body and the sky would take the soul. Balance maintained.
By Sara Wilson4 days ago in Fiction
Comments (6)
I mean, maybe it's not nice for them to order for us just because they're paying but they could be on a tight budget? Lol, idk
Exactly right! Well done.
Great job, both on the senryu and getting a good AI image to go with it. They really compliment each other
Quite right too.
Sharp and snappy! A menu of independence served with a side of boundaries—perfectly plated.
Hahahahaha this was great!! This reminded me of a movie on Netflix I've seen!