I close my eyes in sorrow. The girl wipes a lone tear from her eye.
"You've just been by yourself since that time?" my voice is filled with awe.
The girl closes her eyes "I never knew my father" she said quietly "my mother was all I had. When she died, I didn't have a choice but to continue without her. I have kept to the caves and hunted fish to survive. The ocean has helped along with my abilities" she said with a small smile "but it's very lonely."
"Are there more of you?" I ask.
"Not here" she answers gravely "I am the only one who has stepped foot inside this territory in the last few months. I have not felt the presence of another siren, until today when you came."
"Why didn't I sense you? I heard your song but..."
She shrugs "I don't know. Maybe because you're also part shif
