Coming Out of the Deep
“My eyes.”
With that, his expression shifted, and I could tell he already noticed them, too. I asked him if he knew what was happening to me, and he said he thought he did, but he wasn’t sure. He said my eyes began to resemble those of a merling. A merling was a mer infant.
He said their eyes faded before turning gold, and I was surprised to learn that they were born with green eyes that changed as they grew.
It was all fascinating, but I was also slightly terrified. Plus, I had no idea how I felt about gold eyes. I loved them on Kairos, but they were inhumane and even needed to be concealed with lenses. Plus, I kind of loved the green on myself.
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