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(she raised an eyebrow and looked at them in a straight face)

“My name is Ocashell.”

(They looked at each other in puzzlement. What did the lady mean by ‘deepest parts of
the Ocean?’ How far down in the water had they really gone and where were we from
the shore? )

“So what exactly were you doing out so far in our waters? Why did you come here?

Humans have no gills. No human comes down in the waters so recklessly and willing.
You have no purpose down here!” She took a pause and looked into each of their eyes.

The girls kept silent. Some of them not naming names were fidgety or biting their nails.
After a few minutes the lady looked a bit agitated. From all the silence.

“I will ask once more. What were the three of you doing out in the waters this far
from land?” The lady asked, with a bit less patients in her tone. There were still no

words in reply. Colshiose looked at Chellejary and then at Sireinamelosjhara.
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“There was a voice....” Chellejary paused as the lady turned her head quickly to her
and gazed speechless without emotion. “I was the first to hear it. A child's voice calling

out Siren from the waters. It has been happening for years but more frequently now
since I have been coming to the beach with my girls here.” She told her as she tried to

convince Colshios and Sireinamelosjhara to join in at anytime. “The last few times we
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have visited these waters. I have heard a woman's voice calling ‘siren’ from the waters
as well as children wimpers and laughing. When I was holding Colshios’s little one. I
thought it was just my imagination. And tried to brush it off seeing as I have heard
voices since I was little.” The lady interrupted quickly. Brushing her hand across the

way. Waving off the previous words. “How little?” The Lady asked in a temmered tone.

“What do you mean?” Chellejary responded in a different dialect. The girl’s were
surprised. “When did you hear voices?” the lady responded back in the same tone and