The gleaming object that was tucked out of sight did not go unnoticed by the merman.
Holding out his bound wrists, Johnny patiently and curiously watched as the two-legged man fiddled with some sort of device. The sudden noise startled him, making him flinch away from the strange boy and the sound. The chains loudly thumped to the ground and Johnny stared at his wrists. A good chunk of scales had been rubbed off, a few hanging onto his blue flesh. He rubbed them and then set to untangling himself from the net — an easy task, thanks to his newfound freedom.
He then half-hauled himself up, the lower half of his body resting in the water while, arms crossed, he held himself on the side of the small boat. "Why did you do that?" And then quickly followed by a more important question, "What did you put in your pocket?"
Holding out his bound wrists, Johnny patiently and curiously watched as the two-legged man fiddled with some sort of device. The sudden noise startled him, making him flinch away from the strange boy and the sound. The chains loudly thumped to the ground and Johnny stared at his wrists. A good chunk of scales had been rubbed off, a few hanging onto his blue flesh. He rubbed them and then set to untangling himself from the net — an easy task, thanks to his newfound freedom.
He then half-hauled himself up, the lower half of his body resting in the water while, arms crossed, he held himself on the side of the small boat. "Why did you do that?" And then quickly followed by a more important question, "What did you put in your pocket?"
