Snippet #2387236

She journeyed slowly out of the caverns savoring the first time she would ever see the clear sky and the kingdom of the people. She kept her body mostly underwater but every so often she would lift her head up and look at the beautiful buildings. She felt disappointed because she could not see any people. She knew to be wary of them, she'd heard stories where mermaids journeyed out and never returned because they had been captured by people. Or worse, fallen in love with a person and had been banished for betraying their other merfolk. She swam up to a large rock that concealed her enough by also allowed her to watch the castle and all the people walking around. It was a magnificent sight. There were women dressed in beautiful dresses walking back and forth on the docks, men fixing those funny little floating crafts and small little humans. They were adorable with their tiny little legs. She very much enjoyed watching humans. However, she wondered what was so special about the people who lived in the large house. Why did they get to live there?