"Boring," She replied immediately, "Everyone expects you to be perfectly content with being a mermaid, they don't want you exploring the deep trench, or going pearl hunting, or looking at the stars." She said, shaking her head, "And apparently you can't swim through schools of fish and scare them so they swim everywhere."
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"Those are some strange rules." He agreed with a small laugh "But hey rules are meant to be broken." A playful smile appeared on his face.
A genuine playful smile appeared on her face and she nodded, "See, there are a lot less rules when you can fly." She rolled onto her back in the water and looked at the stars, most of her face underwater, "The only fun thing they let you do is swimming with the dolphins."
"I've never even been near a dolphin, I haven't even been in the water much because as you've discovered we aren't the best of swimmers." He let out a light half hearted laugh.
She chuckled, "Dolphins are pretty fun, they make better company than most of the other merpeople." She looked back at him and glanced at the sky, "So, tell me about your world, being able to fly anywhere you want." She remembered his wing and allot asked if he needs anything for it, again figuring that if he said it was ok that it would be fine.
"Well we mostly stay in the village when we are younger, learn how to fly and try not to be bored out of our minds but once we turn 18 we are allowed to leave and explore the world for ourselves. Some stay in the village but usually they leave for at least a little bit to decide if we want to stay in the village or not. That's what I'm doing now." He explained, trying to sum it up as best he could.
(Sorry, I keep getting sidetracked)
(It's fine)
"That sounds amazing." She said, "Does that mean you're trying to get back to your village?" She knew she had only just met Kieran, but she already enjoyed his company.
"Not nessesarily, I'll go back to visit but I love traveling." He answered feeling surprisingly comfortable telling all of this to a stranger.
Nautia nodded and smiled, "I wish traveling was that easy for me..I can barely leave the city without being yelled at, though it's mostly because of my mother and the queen."
"That sounds…incredibly boring." He laighed lightly "The queen?"
"Yeah, my mom and the queen are best friends, same with my dad and the King, they have known each other since they were little and one thing just led to another.." She sighed and rolled back onto her stomach, "And now since the queen and King don't have an heir they want to make me the next ruler.."
"You don't seem very happy about that?" He asked based on her less than amused tone. He looked back at his wings, luckily they were just damp now and looked less like a wet rat and more like their usual soft state.
she shook her head quickly, "No, I don't want to be queen, I'd never be able to leave the city, and I'd have to be forced to find a mate." She looked over at him and blushed slightly, "Sorry if I'm ranting, I can leave if I'm annoying you."
"No I'm not annoyed at all, that sounds really tough I'm sorry." He sounded sincere "That sounds like a stressfull situation."
"It's not the worst, I mean, they haven't made any final decisions about who's going to become heir, bit if they choose me I'm leaving." She tilted her head slightly and looked at his injured wing, "Are you sure your wing is going to be ok?"
"I guess we hope they don't choose you." He gave a lopsided smile. He looked over at his injured wing, it was sore and it hurt to move it. "Yeah it should be fine, although I guess I'm stuck here until he heals."
She looked at his wing again and pointed at the ocean, "I can go see if there's anything you could use to help heal your wing faster." She looked up at the sky again and smiled, remembering why she wanted to be able to fly.
"Hm, we might be able to find something that could help but I don't know a lot about medicine, I could probably make a sort of splint later." He explained looking back onto the island to see what was there.
"I can find something, I'll be right back. If you could find something to hold your wing in place I know a few things that can help it heal faster." She pushed herself back away from the island and smiled, "I'll be right back I promise." She said before flicking her tail and disappearing into the dark ocean.
"Alright." He answered with a kind smile, after she left he got up off the sand and walked father onto the island to find something to make a split out of.
A small smile appeared on her face as she swam towards the city. She knew that there were places she could get medicine, the only problem was going to be getting into her house and getting money without her parents knowing. She came up on the city and stopped on the edge, slowly swimming in as she looked for anyone that would recognise her.
Keiran walked through the woods looking for anything of use, the island wasnt big but it had some trees and plants so he hoped he would be able to find something. He eventually found a long and strong enough broken branch and some vine which he used to carefully tie the stick to his wing so he couldn't bend it, only move it back and forth.
Nautia got back to her house without anyone seeing her and she slipped inside, going straight to her room and grabbing her money to but medicine. She swam back outside and went straight to the place she bought supplies form every time she went, getting two jars of different things to try. As soon as she bought them she started back towards the island, swimming as fast and as silently as she could.
Once Keiran finished splinting his wing he walked back to the beach where he was talking to Naudia before, she wasn't back yet so he sat down in the sand and waited, picking out constellations in the stars to pass the time.
(I'm so sorry I didn't respond, this tab was open on my phone and I forgot (also I'm sorry it's short))
She reached the shallow water that told her the island was there quite quickly, poking her head out of the water and smiling as she swam closer. "Kieran?" She said, "I have the medicine."
(Of course, no problem!)
The sound of Nautias voice caught his attention and his resting face shifted into a happier one. He smiled and walked out into the water to where she was. "Really? Great! Thankyou" He sat down in the shallow water so that they could be closer to eye level.
She smiled proudly, holding out the jars for him to take so that she could pull herself closer to the island. "You're welcome." She said, looking up at the beautiful night sky before glancing back at him.
Keiran took the jars and inspected them curiously. "What are they?" He asked studying the liquid inside one of the jars.
She pointed to the smaller of the two jars, "This one is a pain reliever of sorts, I don't remember exactly what is in it." Nautia pulled herself closer to the island with her arms before pointing to the other one, "This one is one that will help heal your wing faster and it's antibacterial."