The beautiful mermaid was plaiting her hair. She sensed us watching her and then she turned her head our way. She quickly dived back into the deep str...am that ran straight towards the sea. Clive and I tried to find her but she disappeared before we could spot her again. We looked at each other we couldn’t believe what we’d just seen. A beautiful mermaid in British waters? No way! We laughed about it as we continued on down the foot path and we heard the sound of the ocean below us. We came to. He did notice that Chantar was among the most vocal of those who opposed them, while the little that Charis said seemed to be in their favor."This is a matter that may well affect more than just our own future," Doranthe finally decided, calling a halt to the argument when it became apparent that the councilors were merely repeating themselves. "Before we take a vote on this matter, it is my belief that we should call upon The Goddess for Her advice."There were dubious looks, and Chad wondered. There was an attachment first, it was a death certificate issued by Peruvian authorities and stamped by the embassy. It was in Spanish, though I had no trouble reading it. The letter was fairly long, and in polite bureaucratese stated that since the locals had called an end to searching for survivors. The government, had, in fact, made the entire area covered by mud into a sort of national shrine, a national cemetery. It went on to express their sorrow and assured me that the death certificate. " He finished in record time and started on the rest of the ice cream. He was making it look so good that I got a spoon and dug in too. "You're gonna make me fat with all this junk." He looked at me and arched an eyebrow. "No one told you to eat this," he said, waving the carton in front of me. It was odd to me that we were acting as if everything was normal. I expected things to be different between us, but he was the same old Jake and I was looking at him like he had horns growing out of his.