Usually my partners are bigger than me; I rarely manage to seduce someone smaller. Such small tritons hide away from love affairs, so as not to care for their offspring later. If conception occurs without marriage, then they will not be able to protect the brood of eggs, and will leave their babies to the mercy of fate, which means they will definitely be devoured.
Partnerships are very important, so without reciprocity it is not easy to live together. It's sad that tritons are a rare breed because life in the ocean is full of dangers.
It is better to choose one strong spouse hunter so that he can feed the whole family. My husband Tory, a tall black-tailed man, is also a handsome green-eyed fellow! Probably in deep sadness now because of my kidnapping. He loved me so much! Every day... It happened instantly before his eyes and he did not have time to help me. Tory threw a spear at one of the winged ones, but missed.
These beautiful bird-people constantly came to me and looked at me with admiration, as if I were some kind of pet. I turned away, not wanting to answer their questions, because no one gave me the fish. And I waited for my beloved Eurol to visit me, but he did not come.
The feeling of hunger then left me and weakness and fever came over me. I will die like this without any care. My Tory... I miss him and his caresses.
Helplessly, I curled up in a ball at the bottom, not expecting anything good.
After a couple of days of such a miserable life, I was pulled out of a container of water and moved to a small flat pond from which I could crawl out and sit onto soft seats, where beautiful slender bird-people began to look after me, combed my hair, making hairstyles with braids and crystals, cleaned the skin. They put a patterned tunic on me... why?
Something strange happened to me: I began to easily live without water and spend almost all my time in the air, looking at my reflection in the mirror. I was always considered attractive and I admired my appearance: long blue hair, large opal eyes, a small nose and mouth, elongated carved ears. My appearance corresponds to the canons of beauty among tritons. And I was always desirable.
Only now I noticed, to my deep regret, that my rainbow tail and fins on my elbows and hips had lost their shine and had become shriveled. This is all due to the fact that I acquired other habits - I stopped constantly being in the water.
Bird-people live in high towers, it's more convenient for them... I watch their flights all day long. They flutter beautifully, spreading their snow-white wings... from the roofs to the balconies... and now I am in one of the rooms and through a large transparent wall a view of the vast city opens up to the end of the sky.
They not only have a beautiful, well-groomed appearance, but also charming voices. They began to teach me to speak and I willingly tried to make similar sounds. So many more days passed and finally he came...
"Eurol..." my fragile voice rattled greeting him. "I am so glad to see you."
In the air and up close, he turned out to be even more beautiful and I stared at him with my mouth open. Transparent expressive eyes attracted me.
"How are you feeling?" He asked with a warm smile and touched my hand.
It was so nice... his unexpected participation. I immediately grabbed his thin fingers, stroking them tenderly.
"For some reason, I no longer need food, and water... How did this happen?"
"You have mutated into another creature that can live on land and do without food. This is necessary so that you can be in close contact with the syrinxes."
"For what?"
"For intimate relationships..."
"Can I do it with you?"
Eurol raised his eyebrows in amazement and babbled, discouraged.
"What do I have to do with it? It's not my idea to assimilate you into our society."
His face expressed slight annoyance and I was embarrassed, lowering my eyes.
"Whose idea then?"
"Our Lord..."