"You keep forgetting -- all... «Into the Drowning Deep»
RamingoWS13 апреля 2018"You keep forgetting -- all of us keep forgetting -- that we`re talking about creatures that have appeared in folklore and mythology all over the world. There was a time when these things were everywhere. Something drove them from the shallows. Fine. I have theories about that, but since most of them involve industrial revolution and pollution, they`re not going to do us any good right now. They retreated and retreated and retreated, maybe because it was easier than fighting us for territory, or maybe because there was a time when we were too much trouble to eat en masse. Ships kept on disappearing. Since the start of man`s relationship with the sea, ships kept on disappearing. So assume that mermaids have never forgotten about us. We wrote them off as legends as soon as they were no longer knocking on our front door." Dr. Toth looked around the small group. Her eyes were burning; her hands were clenched. "We forgot about them, but they never forgot about us. They always knew that somewhere out there they had competition, strange and soft and walking on two legs and defenseless in the water. Most of all, they never forgot that we were delicious."
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