[ at first she is not entirely sure that it is him who leaves the gifts - she does not trust him, and he is not the only one who has come to her enclosure. the king himself has come once or twice, and the prince as well, and maintenance men to treat the water and tend the flora.
she ignores them all. the blonde boy is the only person she has spoken with, and only once. since then she has kept to herself, watching them carefully beneath the still surface of the water.
it isn't until she catches him the act that she realizes it is him who brings her these things. fatty, delicious fish at first, but then other things.. trinkets she does not know the use of, adornments for her hair and ears. she takes them all.
but why is he bringing her these things? and so consistently? she never reveals herself, never speaks to him, but that does not deter him even a little. still he returns. and so, this time, this day when he arrives she watches him closely, and then, from a distance, carefully lifts her head from the water.. mostly. only her eyes are visible, watching him like a hawk. ]
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she ignores them all. the blonde boy is the only person she has spoken with, and only once. since then she has kept to herself, watching them carefully beneath the still surface of the water.
it isn't until she catches him the act that she realizes it is him who brings her these things. fatty, delicious fish at first, but then other things.. trinkets she does not know the use of, adornments for her hair and ears. she takes them all.
but why is he bringing her these things? and so consistently? she never reveals herself, never speaks to him, but that does not deter him even a little. still he returns. and so, this time, this day when he arrives she watches him closely, and then, from a distance, carefully lifts her head from the water.. mostly. only her eyes are visible, watching him like a hawk. ]