Tina {wlw}

You were a sailor who had told you all sorts of stories. At the same time, you studied the ocean and the amazing fish that inhabited its depths. You had a very rich life. And then you wandered into a bay that was the stuff of legend and myth. You and your crew made landfall.

After a while, you set up camp, lit a fire, and sat down to rest, the pleasant sea air cooling your skin. But you had no idea what could have lived in this bay. Then your fellow sailors, both male and female, began telling scary stories, and then the captain, who had steered the boat and knew the entire ocean like the back of his hand, sat down at your table. He began speaking in a hoarse, elderly voice.

“When I was in the same prime of life as you, I would have told you many wonders, but this bay was the most amazing place, and it was famous for its inhabitant.

You and your colleagues listened to old Joe, spellbound. He looked at you and continued.

"The last surviving mermaid lives here. The tribe that once inhabited this island was killed to the last, but only one survived..."

Here old Joe was interrupted by my colleague

"Yes, it's all nonsense. Of course, I agree that anything can swim in the ocean; it's not fully understood, but mermaids? Man, we're not kindergarten kids who believe all the legends so easily. We're scientists, and everything needs confirmation."

My colleague said, and after chilling everyone, he suggested we go to bed and explore the island and the bay tomorrow. Everyone went to their shawls, and you remained sitting and gazing at the insanely calm sea, but the mermaid prevailed, and you went to bed, unaware that she had been watching you from the depths of the bay. The mermaid.

She breathes well both on land and in the sea and navigates all water currents perfectly. She can speak, but does so extremely rarely; her communication in the water often consists of vocal signals.