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[disgracedprince]

Ah...help! {Xie Lian now resembles a merman. Or, rather, a Koi merman. He flaps uselessly in his garden and covers his face with his hands, his finned ears fluttering in embarrassment.}

I think...I need...a pool? A...um...bathtub? Something!

What happens if I dry out?

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[disgracedprince]

How do you know this? {He is imagining someone just...watching fish die. How awful! Xie Lian rolls onto his side, his fin ears perking. Using his watering can, he drips it over the gills on his sides.}

Got it. Thank you. That does feel better. {Puffing out his cheeks, he sits up.} San Lang... My husband... He can lift me. I'm lucky.

[ideel]

[He COULD be honest and admit to being one himself... but nah, where's the fun in that?]

Merfolk are not so uncommon where I'm from that such information is hard to come by. There's a potion they can drink that allows them to take human form.

I count one merman as a friend back home, so it only makes sense that I would know how to help him should something go wrong.

[Well, technically none of what he said is a lie.]

[disgracedprince]

{SUSPICIOUS, SIR.}

Really? How wonderful. I've never met a mer-person. {He plucks a flower and tucks it into his hair.} I guess that does make sense. Your friend is very lucky to have someone so devoted to them.