"Hail. Did you plan to drown yourself, or was it an accident?" and he answers back "It was a plan, but none of mine." And the man who was here has gone running down to the water's edge, to a flume that spins out a child that he catches up and spins around himself.
"Finished mending I have now. We can fish, if you wish it," she says, and I am about to agree when the man from the sea speaks up.
"And if you catch anything in these waters, you may wish you could throw it back."
"That is the story I have been told," I say in agreement. "Of the man who caught the fish, and the fish who bargained wishes for his freedom..." I look at him, suddenly uneasy. "But that fisherman was not said to have any trouble, throwing the fish back," I admit. And fish are not serpents, either, though they are close one to the other. Still...
"I must have my face back," I say again to him, and I turn back to the woman with the nets. "Yes, I do wish it. Let us go down to the water (http://community.livejournal.com/estdeus_innobis/405311.html#t10242879)."
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"Finished mending I have now. We can fish, if you wish it," she says, and I am about to agree when the man from the sea speaks up.
"And if you catch anything in these waters, you may wish you could throw it back."
"That is the story I have been told," I say in agreement. "Of the man who caught the fish, and the fish who bargained wishes for his freedom..." I look at him, suddenly uneasy. "But that fisherman was not said to have any trouble, throwing the fish back," I admit. And fish are not serpents, either, though they are close one to the other. Still...
"I must have my face back," I say again to him, and I turn back to the woman with the nets. "Yes, I do wish it. Let us go down to the water (http://community.livejournal.com/estdeus_innobis/405311.html#t10242879)."