Sitting, staring, and hoping. That’s what Wrynn had been doing near the shore, alone. Drifting between fantasy and reality, asking for some sign. The waters were quite calm, giving him a clearer shot at his practice; but to no avail.
The silence he received in response only made him want to try harder. Interacting with his kind through any signal he could create would be a miracle. He missed them, much more than anyone could fathom.
With a deep breath, his knees curled to his chest. He rested his chin on them, and kept his arms wrapped around them to keep himself in place. Baby blue hues distancing themselves once again, trying to keep in place; trying not to cry. He wouldn’t cry.
Wrynn was startled, seeing something appear from the water. Within a second, his hopes were raised and smashed. he had hoped to see some sort of unicorn, but it was only a mermaid. They weren’t something he hadn’t seen or heard of before. With a heavy sign, his eyes came back to look at her.
“Oh, hi.” His voice was laced with disappointment. He obviously wasn’t in too great of a mood. His eyes seemed to pull back tears. He couldn’t mourn in someone’s presence. It felt impolite.
Of all reactions, obvious disappointment was the one she had least expected to come across. Higher on the list were surprise and curiosity, or even fear or anger. Disappointment, sorrow, and a bland “oh, hi” had been somewhere down by the very bottom, right above them turning out to actually be a dolphin in an excellent disguise, and frankly she didn’t know how to react. She barely even knew why she’d come.
“...Hello. Are...” She hesitated. She’d been going to ask if he was okay, but it didn’t seem like he was. Should she leave? Her runes didn’t want her to. Why had they brought her to him, anyway? Even without the runes telling her, his reaction to her marked him as no normal human.
Regardless... he looked sad. Not the a-thing-I-was-excited-for-got-cancelled kind, or the I-dropped-my-food-before-I-could-eat-it kind, or even the I-lost-something-important kind, though it was similar. This was a deep sorrow, the kind that sank into your bones, that gripped your heart till you could scarcely think about anything else. He was hurting, and she couldn’t stand seeing anyone else in pain.
She tried again. “I’m sorry for intruding, I... needed to come here. To see you, I think.” She sighed. If there was a better way to put this, she didn’t know it. There was a reason she had come, and she needed to find out what it was. “I really don’t mean to be rude, but... you’re not just a normal human, are you?”
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