"I can't go to the fish markets, I'm banned because of an incident that happened two years ago," I said as I started to pull more nets up and take the larger fish out. I noticed his panic toward the small shark and laughed "The shark pups normally associate me with an easy meal," I said wading out to it and letting it bump its nose into my hand. I ran my hand over its back and its eyes rolled into the back of its head as it wiggled forward. A few others started to show up and went out of the water to collect the small fish that didn't survive or the larger fish that obviously had issues that wouldn't harm the sharks. I tossed the small dead fish into the water and watched the shark pups swim around me and eat them. "Occasionally I will have a larger shark return just to get a back scratch," I said with a laugh "Lemon sharks are the most common though," I stood on a rock and started cutting the larger fish up and throwing them to the shark pups. "I never stay in the water for this part, since the blood makes the water murkier and they already roll their eye into the back of their head when they bite to protect their eyes it is safer to stay on the rocks for this part," I explained then I realized I should explain why I'm wasting large fish. "I'm throwing these cut-up chunks of large fish in because they have parasites that could kill me if I ate them but not the sharks," I said continuing to throw chunks in the water.

I took his hand "I'm Bree," I said shaking his hand. I adjusted my mask after making sure it was secured tightly, I didn't want any toxins leaking through. I sighed and my mask made a mechanical sounding exhale showing it was working correctly. I didn't know what to do, it had been a while since I interacted with someone. My ears flicked around and I decided to fix the net while I was sitting there.

I answered his question while I fixed the nets and glanced up at the sharks still feeding on the floating chunks. "I exhale a toxic gas so the mask filters it and protects the people around me. It just so happens that the gas is extremely flammable, making me a walking bomb. The air up in the mountains where I live is so thin that humans can't survive so I can remove my mask without worrying about killing anyone." I explained looking back down at the nets as I fixed them. "I'm immune to fire, radiation, nuclear explosions, and blasts of airwaves. My house is a hazard and if anyone were to even light a match within 15 feet of it the entire thing would set off like a nuclear bomb because of how much toxicity there is in it. If anyone other than me or immune to radiation and toxic gas walked into my house they would die. coming close to the radiation around my house is enough to f with someone's ability to reproduce and cause their future kids to have disabilities. Not me though." I continued to explain, "That's why I'm banned from the fish market. I was around 15-16 and a rowdy young man ripped the mask off my face, causing the toxin to go all over; if you know fishermen, you also know most of them smoke," I said putting the needle in my mouth as I untangled a piece of the net.

"It's fine," I said with a sigh and the mask made another noise "Fishing is probably one of the only things I can do to eat. I tried farming and the radiation kills the plants, it kills animals, but I live far enough from the ocean that it doesn't affect the fish or the water. Heck, even my water is toxic and would kill anyone that touched it because of the radiation alone." I explained and continued to fix the next, "I'm kind of destined to die alone since no one can get to where I live and because of how toxic I am. The only way to enter my house is from my balcony because it's a small landing strip." I continued to explain. I realized I was talking a lot and quieted for a bit "Sorry for talking so much, I just don't get to talk to a lot of people,"

"I don't want you to get affected by the radiation. Plus, that isn't my house." I said looking towards the mountains "My house is over there above the clouds," I said pointing and grabbing the baskets before I lifted my wings into the sky. "That is an abandoned house," I said flying around and grabbing the things I needed before I would fly off. "I should probably get going and start sorting which fish are good and which are bad, it was nice meeting you," I said flying off toward my house. It felt awkward standing next to someone who even remotely looked human after the incident at the fish market. It was a traumatic event for me because they called me a monster and attempted to kill me.

I watched you fly away and sighed, once the sharks were gone from there feeding I dove back into the water my legs turning back into my tail. as I swam deeper some smaller fish started to follow me and I looked up at the surface as some boats sped by. I winced as I remembed the accident and swam deeper towards a trench. I saw a few eels and other sea creatures swim past as I made my way towards a cave and quickly swam inside. I rested along the bottom of the cave as I quickly was all the fish outside scatter and could hear a few things fall into the water as a boat motor was cut off. I then saw as some divers coming towards the cave I was and my eyes went wide. I quickly swam towards the back of the cave as they slowly got closer, there was no way out for me so i moved myself with my tail hoping I could pass as a rock covered in green moss.