The Sea Remembers Us — Episode 7

That night deep in sleep I was jolted awake by a familiar melody. Furious I threw open the window and locked eyes with Opal. Shut up! I snapped at him. The singing stopped. I finally got a good night's sleep. But days later Opal still hadn't found a mate despite knowing the courtship song. Was I really going to

have to teach him the dance too? I was a strong swimmer and certified diver. When When I was a child, trips to Thalassa were all the rage. My parents brought me here on vacation. After visiting the shallow water merfolk,

the next day we boarded a cruise ship to search for deep sea mer. But the waves were particularly rough that day and I fell overboard.

Over 10 days later, my parents found me unconscious on the shore, burning with fever. The fever widened was that a shallow water merfolk pod had rescued me.

After that ordeal, once we returned to our home world, my parents enrolled me in swimming and diving lessons. I never imagined that years later I'd end up back on Thalassa

and that those skills would actually prove useful. When you see a female you like, have you tried singing the courtship song for her? He nodded. I was furious. He'd already sung the courtship song and still got rejected?

These females had no taste. Opal was the most stunning mer on Emerald Atoll. Do you know the courtship dance? He shook his head.

Fine. For the sake of my thesis, I'd go all in. I turned, walked into the room, slipped on the silver imitation fishtail, and then dove into the sea. I mimicked the courtship dance movements, twirling through the sea.