"I do not know how to do so." It wasn't really her fault either. Gaining a mermaid's trust was a hard thing to do, especially when it came to trusting humans. "You can understand my wariness toward most, can you not?"

After all, who wouldn't love to catch a mermaid? Who wouldn't want to pluck all her scales from her tail or collect her tears? Who wouldn't dry her out in the sun and leave her to burn to death and suffocate?

Not many, at least in her mind. Even so, she had met a few individuals whom she'd grown to trust. Unfortunately, most of those individuals had left.