I had no intention of controlling you; instead, I intended to put you in a situation where I could...er...manipulate you into doing favors for me."
"Like what, exactly?" I inquired.
"Well, someone with your pull...or power in the spirit realm, having you by my side would have made me more formidable to... my adversaries."
"Do you think there's more of you?" With skepticism, I inquired.
"What makes you so surprised?" "Human beings are all over the place," she remarked, laughing. "What makes you think we mermaid-people won't be the same?"
I let out a sigh. Inwardly, however, I was considerably calmer now. I knew she was more afraid of me than I was of her, but I couldn't figure out why.
I suppose it had something to do with what she thought I was capable of, which I wasn't aware of.
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