Trinket listened, staring unblinking up at the merfolk. She took a long, silent moment to absorb his words. Her doll remained tucked under her arm. For just a moment, it wriggled just as the fish had, then went limp just like the dead fish.
Finally, after too long of a silence, she asked the merfolk, "Why would someone try to kill me?"
She reached up and wiped the blood from her face with the back of her hand. She let her hand dangle at her side, a few drops of blood dripping down into the wet sand at her feet.
Finally, after too long of a silence, she asked the merfolk, "Why would someone try to kill me?"
She reached up and wiped the blood from her face with the back of her hand. She let her hand dangle at her side, a few drops of blood dripping down into the wet sand at her feet.
