[Fortunately, he seems to miss both the expression and the very particular dubious tone her voice takes on, distracted by the interesting patterning of scales on her jacks, and instead delivers a completely straightforward and honest answer.]
Yeah, a mermaid. The traditional kind, the ones that lured sailors in and drowned them, not the soft Disney kind. The ones with teeth and claws. A real mermaid.
[What? Those are obviously much cooler.
It does not occur to him that 90% of girls his age probably would not want to be compared to a man-eating monster.]
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Yeah, a mermaid. The traditional kind, the ones that lured sailors in and drowned them, not the soft Disney kind. The ones with teeth and claws. A real mermaid.
[What? Those are obviously much cooler.
It does not occur to him that 90% of girls his age probably would not want to be compared to a man-eating monster.]