After dinner, Fiero and Immerline walked around a bit and found a little gelato shop. They decided to have dessert there, getting a small cup each, and sat outside the shop.
“Did you enjoy our little Athens trip?” Fiero asked after he finished his gelato.
Immerline nodded.
“I did, and it made me wish to go to other places,” she replied.
“Maybe I can ask your guardians to let you come home with us,”
Fiero said, and then Immerline looked at him.
“For your mother’s birthday?” she asked, and Fiero nodded.
“My family was dying to meet you,”
Immerline looked at her gelato. She was quiet, and Fiero looked at her.
“What’s wrong?”
“Will they like me?” she asked.
Fiero furrowed his eyebrows.
“What do you mean?” he asked.
“I mean, I am not like you. I am from underwater, and I am
