Tidebound Heart
I saw a post while scrolling through my social media.
[Adult male merman for sale. Hard to tame. Letting go for cheap.]
I commented, [I'll take him.]
The seller asked for ten thousand dollars and promised doorstep delivery.
When I opened the package, the merman was nowhere near 160 pounds. He barely weighed over a hundred. His skin was sallow, his ribs visible beneath it, and his tail fin was rotting at the edges.
I messaged the seller, [I want a refund.]
The message failed to go through.