Being a human's not all it's cracked up to be.

 

What?

 

You actually thought I wanted to be a human?

 

No way.

 

I was perfectly happy as a mermaid. There was no reason for me to up and run away, sell my voice to some witch or something, just for a chance to become human, or whatever lies they're telling about me these days.

 

It was something my uncle might have done in his more reckless days, but not me.

Especially not when I was my father's heir.

 

I mean, I had everything to live for.

 

I'm happy now, but that's not the point.

 

Let me take you back to the beginning, and I'll tell you the true story as I lived it.

 

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