Primrose.
Her pink hair floated in the open water.
Her turquoise eyes opened into a giant glass sphere.
She felt closed in and trapped.
Claustrophobia in every rapid move. She could see the entire ocean world beneath her, on top of a fractured castle submerged beneath the icy waves. At first, she tried to scream. But that hadn't done any good.
She was the damsel in distress.
..
The bubbles rose beneath his feet. Asahi felt a current push him back as merfolk alike silently bowed. What could he have possibly done to get them roused this way? Could it be that he was more than just a Ruler, but an Owner? It hadn't stuck to him.
But that's when Paxon's eye granted him a closed memory.
. . .
He was in training, sitting on a rock as Acheros bent water to his will.
He watched as the rolling waves crashed and reeled back in terror at his power.
A whole spire of coral emerged from the waves, before collapsing down and raining on them in one foul swoop.
