🙶 —— something like that, i suppose… i always thought sirens were SHOREBOUND, but i could very well be wrong. 🙷 or, there might be different… breeds of mermaid. somehow, jack can’t help the feeling of smug SATISFACTION that rises in his chest.
he knew they weren’t all bad. ( unless this is a trap, which it could be, but his ego and unwillingness to be wary are clouding his judgement. )
🙶 they DID sing to us a fair bit. …can you sing, miss ariel ?? what are you doing so near a pirate ship, anyway ?? that’s very dangerous. 🙷
🙶 pirates aren’t all as nice as me, you know.
…i suppose that means we’ve got something in common. 🙷
❛❛ oh my gosh, i love to sing! but i’m sure my voice is no match for a siren’s. ❜❜ in all the tales she’s heard, the creatures’ ENCHANTING voices were responsible for luring men to their deaths, and ariel can only imagine how hauntingly beautiful they must sound in order to incite such tragedy. the thought alone is enough to send a shiver down her spine.
❛❛ so how did you manage to ESCAPE anyway? you know, from the mermaids trying to eat you? ❜❜ crimson lips curve into an incredulous smirk as the mermaid makes a mental note to ask attina if she knows anything about the sirens later. ariel recognizes it would be futile to present such an inquiry to her father, as king triton will likely want to shelter his youngest daughter from the unseemly nature of it all. it angers her how he could be so HYPOCRITICAL, turning a blind eye to the horrors that occur in his own domain while denouncing all humans as barbaric creatures, when she had living, breathing evidence before her that they were NOT all deplorable beings. jack had been nothing but kind to ariel – so far, at least.
however, his next question catches the mermaid slightly off guard, reminding her once more just how RISKY this entire venture is, swimming right up beside a pirate ship where she could easily become ensnared by a net & held prisoner. she can practically hear her father chastising her for her foolishness already. but still, something within her cannot help but TRUST this pirate. ❛❛ i don’t know. i guess i was just… curious. i’ve always been FASCINATED by your world. ❜❜ there were a plethora of reasons why ariel felt drawn to the ship, but they all boiled down to her unrelenting desire to learn more about the world above the waves & its inhabitants.
❛❛ my mother was killed by pirates, you know. ❜❜
