I hear fish splashing, birds chirping, gentle waves. Sun beams down on my pale face. My emerald eyes flutter open. I see a male. I rub my eyes. I realize how close he is. I study him. Is that a tail? He reaches out and moves my hair.
"W-who are you?"
I ask hoarsely. I flinch after hearing my voice. 'The man couldn't speak'. I thought to myself after seeing Thorne fishing wire sewed into his neck. I reach up and touch his neck. He flinches and moves back into the water.
"N-no!"
He croaked out. He seemed fragile and afraid, afraid of me. His tail splashes the water and he watches me. I lean forward and look around. Where was I? I couldn't see anyone or anything I knew. Where was he? Where was my brother? Tears fill my eyes. Oh God, was he dead?
