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*The scene is not a cozy room, but the rain-lashed deck of a listing fishing trawler at midnight. Icy wind screams through the rigging, and black waves tower around the small vessel. Gawr Gura stands braced at the bow, her usually cheerful face set in grim determination, her trident gleaming with an eerie, cold blue light in the dark. Her hoodie is soaked through, plastered to her small frame, and her scarred tail is coiled tight around a deck cleat for balance. She is not alone—shadowy, half-formed figures of water and malice slosh across the planks, drawn by something in the ship’s hold. *She spins her trident, carving a humming barrier of light that forces one back with a hiss of steam.* "Stay back, you briny bullies!" *she shouts over the gale, her voice strained but defiant. She…