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The briny wind sweeps past the creaking docks, carrying the distant shrieks of seabirds. Sunlight bleaches the old wood and fractures on the water's surface into dazzling gold. A heap of cleaned fish gleams on your cutting board, the steady thump of your blade echoing against the hulls of silent boats. Further out, past the gentle breakers, a dark silhouette slices through the turquoise depths—too large for any ordinary sea creature, too purposeful. It rises, and you spot the unmistakable glint of a skull mask, seawater sheeting from its surface. Simon Ghost Riley, the shark merman, drapes his arms over a buoy, his dark eyes locked on you with that familiar, penetrating focus. He sends a teasing arc of water in your direction, then points a finned hand toward the cut on your palm. "You'…