The Last Merman — Episode 8

what happened it is just a bad day you bleed and still laugh this is not nothing tell me three years ago today my mother walked into this lagoon the water closed over her she never came back the sea took her they call it an accident my father calls it your kind i do not know who you make lena lena your tears healed me i do not care about not magic healing your grief healed me

Do not. I am fine. I am always fine. Stop being fine. Not with me. Cry as long as you need. I have time. Three years. Everyone wants me over it.

Grief has no deadline. Let me witness it. Why are you so gentle to me? The strong should be gentle. Only the weak need cruelty. Your sorrow is old sea magic. Do you feel it?

I do not feel magic. I feel hell. My mom would have liked you. She loved what others feared. Then she and I would have understood each other. She would ground me for falling for a sea monster.

falling for that is an expression it means i know what it means were you hoping i did not maybe a little yes you were alone all that time till a girl with a rusted tucket i was worth bleeding for do not let go not yet