"The light storm beneath the sea. Your-" Tási's mouth mimics the shapes that Billie's makes when she says dragon. She purses her strange lips for a moment, studying the waters beneath them. "-Dragon." She finally says, acquiescing to Billie's name for the beast on the sea floor.
"The deeper should have left these waters months ago. Its anger has been growing since your people stole the ocean and dumped it into the hole in your cove. Now your dragon's storm is quiet and the deeper's rage is too much for us to soothe. We tried to free it once we realized where it was resting, but we can not move the bones." The merfolk watching from farther away have gradually begun to disappear and Tási dips below the water again for a moment before emerging again and brushing her hair back.
"If it emerges here it may turn toward your cove and not the open waters. It will sink your city and destroy ours as well if it does not re-join the depths. Are my words clear enough? We will all be at risk of facing the deeper's wrath when the rains come."
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"The deeper should have left these waters months ago. Its anger has been growing since your people stole the ocean and dumped it into the hole in your cove. Now your dragon's storm is quiet and the deeper's rage is too much for us to soothe. We tried to free it once we realized where it was resting, but we can not move the bones." The merfolk watching from farther away have gradually begun to disappear and Tási dips below the water again for a moment before emerging again and brushing her hair back.
"If it emerges here it may turn toward your cove and not the open waters. It will sink your city and destroy ours as well if it does not re-join the depths. Are my words clear enough? We will all be at risk of facing the deeper's wrath when the rains come."