[Things are blurry at first when the feed comes on. Tipsy and blurry before the NV is settled on a rock and Syrena's face comes into view. She seems to be in...a rather curious mood as her fingers curl around the edge of a rock, golden tail barely visible in the water below.]
I found two interesting things.
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Sweet Lincoln's MULLET--[She'd tell you should get your head examined but then there's the whole. Mermaid thing. Yeah.] I--sweetie? Feet are--usually supposed to be attached to people. I don't think you wanna touch them.
... And uhm. That's a flashlight.
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Oh, I know. I am more interested in what they were inside.
A 'flashlight'. [She seems amused enough to fiddle with it.] How does the light stay inside? It is certainly not fire.
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... Of course you'd be. [Her exasperation is almost bemused. Not like she can fault Syrena for it.] They're flippers. People use them to help them swim sometimes. [But. Feet.] Eugh. That's NOT a sight for sore eyes.
It's not. It's electricity.
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Electricity?
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Yeah. It's a, uhhh. Different kind of light.
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Is it like the moon?
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I--yeah, sure. It could be like the moon.
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But the moon is very large. It could not possibly fit inside.
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Yeah, don't do that sweetie.
And that's why it's like the moon. And not actually the moon.
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... By the way, Syrena, honey? You might want to, you know. Let somebody know the next time you find somebody's severed feet. Cuz somebody might be looking for however those feet belong to. [SLIGHT EUGH FACE.] Just an idea.
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But they are of no use to the man they belonged to. He drowned.
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Well yeah, they aren't, but. Somebody might not know he's dead. And footless.
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How could they tell who it is?
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