NOT A MERMAID.

Chapter: 38.

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"I don't think that's a mermaid."

He jumped at the sound of his best friend's voice, for a second there he had forgotten he wasn't alone.

"What?" He asked, confused.

"I think that's a male."

"How would you know?"

"Well, Allison loves mermaid stories, and the mermaid pictures tend to have, you know, breasts and all."

"That's a fairy tale and this is fucking real life, Xander."

"Yeah, but I still think that's a male."

"So, it's a man-mermaid."

"Don't be stupid, that's just dumb... how can you even say that?!"

"Why? You said it was male!"

"Which makes him a merman, at least that's what they called them in fairy tale books."

"Ah, I get the meaning now, maid and man you could be right but how the fuck did you get it over here?"

"The same way you had thought he was a man in costumes so did I and everyone at the beach... so, it didn't raise any suspicions."

"Interesting..." Easton nodded. "How did you find it?"

"I found him trapped between rocks and some dumb teens