“For what it’s worth.. I like this, whatever it is.”

“like a fish,” he repeated. “fishtail girl.”

“Okay. Okay, okay.. Maybe if we just, call it a night, wind down...”

“.. I’m not good at this. You know that.”

“like... like a cat?”

“If it’s communication you want.. you could just say so.”

“yeah, sure,” the human giggled a bit more. it was reasonably difficult to focus.

the boy broke into broken laughter. “i’m so high right now.”

“My intentions were clear all the way to the end.”

“You show me your world... you let me escape.”