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[areyoumyjolly]

There is a mermaid in the shallow waters by the rocks, quite close to the back door of the bar. She is flitting about among the sunlit wavelets, and watching people come and go.

There are some quite interesting people here.

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[amazonofthe21st]

There's an interesting person in the water, too.

After her discussion with Katya, Rachel is paying a little more attention to the lake. At the moment, she's on the far side of the water, quite a ways from the mermaid, and slipping in beneath the surface.

A minute or two later, the lake has another occupant.

Okay, so she'd told Katya a dolphin wouldn't be a good idea. But in salt water, it was either dolphin, hammerhead shark, or giant squid. Rachel chose the least creepy of the options.

[areyoumyjolly]

Which might be fortunate, because Tamara really doesn't like sharks. They're either danger, or prey.

Dolphins, on the other hand, are fun, and so Tamara approaches, whistling under water.

[amazonofthe21st]

Rachel whistles, too. Actually-- no, she clicks. That's the sound and definition of what a dolphin does, sending bursts of echolocation out into the darkness to be able to 'see' the picture it brings back.

But they also sing. Sort of. In a way that can answer Tamara.

Like she'd told Katya, dolphin instincts are hard to control, hard to stay serious with. But maybe that's a good cover, too, since the dolphin wants to meet the approaching mermaid and do a loop around her, excited and playful.

[areyoumyjolly]

The mermaid is quite excited and playful as well, looping around the loop.

She hadn't known there were dolphins in these waters!

[amazonofthe21st]

Sometimes there are!

And sometimes they are happy to play Loops! Especially with a partner who can swim as well as the dolphin can.

[areyoumyjolly]

Playing Loops with dolphins is always fun. Dolphins are such a nice change from the usual sharks, sharks, sharks, sharks, squids, and humans.