The Merman, My Man
Shaking my head, I said, “Trust me on this—we shouldn’t go there… That ship is dangerous.”
“No way. Don’t be such a wuss now.” A fellow crew mate clapped me on the shoulder in reassurance, and gestured at our ship’s route. “That’s a point of entry to the radioactive spots around Hiroshima. It’s a route our new employers arranged for us, and we’ll go through that channel to reach the Forbidden Ocean… fine, that’s a cheesy name, but either way, that wreck is just lying at the mouth of the channel.”
Miek put his hands together. “The gods might have arranged this good fortune for us. I have a feeling that we’ll all be rich after this, and won’t be drifting everywhere after this. As for me, I’ll