Snippet #2145582

Man Clam said the mermaid.

'Man clam?' Roth thought as his eyebrows lifted slightly and the slightest of smirks tugged at the corner of his mouth. 'That's new' he chuckled in the back of his throat.

After Roth had let her finish speaking he noticed her wobble slightly. He had been mentally checking the series of questions she was asking, but when she said "Hold me" he had got a bit confused. He put the 'Hold me' out of context at first, but just as he was going to stop her with a twist of his wrist he noticed the male dragon rush over to catch.

'Quite unnecessary', he thought. 'As if I would allow my Master fall to the ground.' He slowed her ever so slightly to assist the dragon. 'It would appear she already has a suiter' he thought, not really surprised seeing as she was not only a siren but even quite attractive by siren standards. On top of that it appeared the it seemed she wasn't in really need of any wishes. 'This could take some time' he summed up the situation.

Roth Quellish watched the dragon who held the mermaid in his arms. 'I suppose she could do worse' he thought.

"We are not gone, per say." he responded. "We are still around but you are right to suspect so. There are not many of us left. Least of all the Marid. Many have been captured and enslaved, moving from one master to the next. Marids are a bit different than most other djinns. But I am afraid I cannot tell you that secret.

Roth thought of what the man had said about her state changing. He was very proud of his library and it came in handy in times like these.

"It happens sometimes to races like hers." he started to explain. "When you have alternate forms," he paused looking at the dragon in human form. "that are entirely different from the other form, especially for extended periods of time they have trouble changing and tend to forget quite a lot." He looked at the sleeping mermaid. "She can probably explain much more than I when she comes to." Though Roth let the dragon catch the girl Roth had kept the parasol hovering over the mermaid the entire time.

Roth looked around the area.

"Where did the Undine go to?" he asked. "If anything she should be much more knowledgeable of other races of the sea. She would be a big help now and a good friend for the mermaid.