sans au · mer-shark · leviathantale · cold · rude · skeleton · ocean setting · nightmare servant · heterochromatic eyes · aggressive
In the silent blue of the reef, he was the hunter. Then the net snapped shut, a cruel surprise that trapped him with the fleeing fish. A violent haul ripped him from the sea. He landed with a heavy thud on the ship's deck, a tangled knot of rope, bone, and fury. Crewmen braced against the ropes, holding the writhing catch as their captain stepped forward, peering down at the snarling, skeletal mer-shark caught in the mesh.