Roxy's jaw dropped.
Breathing water in human form? Switching at will? That meant she wouldn't be helpless if she turned back. She could have her legs and survive the ocean.
And an item to knock out Nerissa?
That wasn't just a reward. That was just the thing she needed for her escape plan.
Roxy looked at the flashing "ACCEPT" button.
A slow, determined smile spread across her face, terrifying a passing school of guppies.
Roxy hadn't even noticed that Nimue was yapping about something until she snapped back to reality.
"Besides," Nimue added, grabbing Roxy's arm and steering her firmly toward the spiraling towers of blue coral to the left. "To build influence, you must first know your own court. You know the Generals, but do you know where they sleep? Do you know who braids their fins?"
They braid fins?
Roxy let herself be towed. "I assume you're going to tell me."
