What is it?’ She leaned over the table and giggled a little. ‘Stanley, were you really going to do her? If you had won the game, were you going to...have sex with her?’ ‘Shame on you. Why would you ask me such a thing?’ ‘We all had our fingers crossed. We were cheering for you to win.’ ‘Why?’ ‘We thought it would be good for her. She needs a little attention.’ ‘I think you are a bunch of dirty old ladies.’ I had a big smile on my face when I said that. ‘Besides, a gentleman never tells.’ I. We seldom lacked an audience. I did notdoubt but that the doctor had somehow engineered this result, but farfrom being resentful, I blessed him. I realised I did indeed have afamily, I did have loving companions. In my grief, I had been too harshwith them. Slowly, my heart began to melt and I became human again."Ah, your colour is much improved, and you have even gained a pound ortwo!" exclaimed the doctor some weeks later. "It must no doubt be due tomy excellent viands." I made a wretched face. But you've only heard about that. What you know about are the your own folk!Merfolk societies are as varied and divers as the fish in the sea. Weather social or solitary, aggressive or harmonious: it's an all you can eat buffet!However, there are 3 important things they all have in common:They're all telepathic and can communicate with all creatures of the sea on some level or other, including non-merfolk such as fish and other sea-creatures. You can even receive and understand faint signals. "Here, take these for your headache and then I need you to fix a bandage on my leg."Taking the bottle, she popped the lid, slipped three of the aspirin into her hand, and put them in her mouth. Closing the aspirin bottle, she opened the water and took a sip."Mike, lie down and let me look at your leg."Mike lay down with a groan of pain as Danielle knelt by his side. Looking at the bloody bandages, she pulled out the powdered sulfur, gauze, a sharp pair of scissors and a pressure bandage..