Alexander
“These are real, your Majesty,” the jeweler said. “These pearls are priceless, top of the line. Where did you get them?”
“We have a source. She asked me to promise not to mention her name.”
“Of course, she wouldn’t say anything. She wouldn’t want us to send our own divers in.”
I didn’t like where the conversation was going. The jeweler, a short, stout man called Francis, seemed too greedy for my taste.
“I say we leave one source to do the dives. We don’t want to overharvest oysters,” I chimed in.
“Do you really think your source is careful about how much they harvest?”
The thing was, I believed they were much more careful than humans could be. They would know what to do with their habitat.
“Somehow, I don’t think adding to the number of people diving into the waters w
