Lady's Ear

"She hasn't spoken since we found her, "he said. "What do you think she saw out there, eh, Trev? And how'd she get all the way out to open sea?" "I don't know, Johnson. You never know when it's with the ocean. People come back from there and never speak again. The things they've seen." "Huh. Well Trev, I thinks it was them mer-folk. I thinks she saw 'em. The only reason the mer-folk ever visit us is if they be needin' somethin'. Maybe taking somethin' back." "Don't be a fool, John," Trevor said. "Mermaids don't exist. Never have, never will."