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[mansuetus]

This day has found me sad.

[ there is not much of an introduction today. Lucrezia Borgia, wrapped in a blanket in her bed, pale fingers flipping through a book which lies open in her lap. ]

What can be done to expel such?

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[tinytactician]

O-Oh, I'm explaining them all wrong. They are like...boulders. Enormous boulders with fins and eyes and they sing.

[He beams at her, starting to gather up the books.] Well, I am always happy to share what I find.

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[mansuetus]

Sing? Truly?

[ now she looks fascinated, excited, full of questions and driven by imagination. boulders that sing under the sea - it sounds like a poem, like something Virgil would write of ]

What do they sing of?

Re: video;

[tinytactician]

I don't know. They sing their own songs.

[Armin is very solemn, setting down the pile of books in favor of finding a data pad, because books can't speak, but the pads can.]

It sounds like a lot of squeaking and odd chirping, but...but they sing much longer than they need to, so it isn't just to communicate. They sing to sing. [Here we go, proper sound clip for Lucrezia.]

video;

[mansuetus]

[ she listens carefully, smiling and placing her chin on her hand. ]

Beautiful. I wonder if they sing of worlds that one can only see beneath the oceans. The kingdoms of sirens and mermaids.

Re: video;

[tinytactician]

What are these "mermaids"? I have not found any books that speak of them.

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[mansuetus]

They are half women half fish. They swim in the ocean and use sea shells to decorate their hair. The ones who are named sirens are especially beautiful; with voices sweet and clear. It was said they lure sailors to their deaths.

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[tinytactician]

[A loooong pause goes here.]

Are they...real, though?

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[mansuetus]

Who knows! They might be. I never saw the depths of the sea nor traveled far enough to see them. But if this is real, why wouldn't mermaids be? This is more imaginary to me than any tale or verse.

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[tinytactician]

I suppose this is true. Much of the ocean remains unexplored, I hear. Who knows what could lurk in it's depths?