Mermaid Feeding Rules

The mermaid tensed up subconsciously, and looked up at Boyce, who seemed to be retreating.

The distance between them was so close, the merman thought, that it could jump on the lift and catch him before he knew it.

and then?

The tail at the bottom of the water shook slightly, and the mermaid thought a little unwillingly, I can't take him away.

At least, it couldn't take him away until he was willing to go with him.

Sensing the anger on Boyce and the vigilance in his eyes, the mermaid silently stepped back a little.

there will be a day...

It hides the inevitability in its eyes, and one day he will be brought to the bottom of the sea by himself, hiding in the depths of the ocean...

The mermaid's body relaxed, as if she didn't understand Boyce's words at all, she deliberately showed a disappointed expression, and looked at him expectantly.

Sofia...

After Boyce finished saying that, he subconsciously looked at the mermaid in the pool, thinking that it would become angry because it was out of its control.

Boyce looked at the figure in the water warily, would it pounce?Like the S-19 attacking Beard, maybe he would drag himself down and drown in the water.

But to Boyce's surprise, it still stayed in the pool, just looking at Boyce like this, as if it didn't understand him at all.

Seeing Boyce step back, the disappointment was evident on its face.

But Boyce knew it was just playing dumb.

It was trying its best to express its innocence, and seeing the vigilance in Beyce's eyes, it retreated a little more.

You see, I won't hurt you.

The whole body of this mermaid expresses such a message.

Beuys would have almost believed it if he hadn't realized what it had done to him.

He took a deep look at the mermaid, dropped the glass again, got off the elevator platform, and left without looking back.

Behind Boyce, the mermaid floated quietly in the water, watching his back as he left, until the door was closed, the mermaid's tail made a huge splash, turned and dived into the bottom.

The mermaid frowned, recalling her behavior during this time.

What went wrong?

It has already stepped into the prey of the trap with one foot, and suddenly escapes further...

Sofia——

The mermaid sticks the cold glass, what should I do to make him leave with me willingly?

-

Because of the mermaid, Boyce didn't fall asleep almost all night after returning home.

After calming down a bit, Boyce also realized that the mermaid might not really want to kill him. After all, during the time they were together, it had countless chances to kill itself but didn't do it.

Since it doesn't want to kill itself, what exactly does it want?

Boyce thought of the "Sofia" he heard that day. What special meaning does this word have, so that he can treat himself specially?

And, is this also the reason why S-19 showed hostility to himself that day?

-

Early the next morning.

Boyce, who was a little sluggish, met Ivy in the restaurant. He had a sad face, and he didn't know what trouble he had encountered.

"morning."

Ivy looked up at him: "Boyce?"

He replied: "Morning."

Ivy glanced at the dark circles under Boyce's eyes: "You didn't sleep well either?"

"You also know the news about Professor Chris?"

"What news?" Boyce was taken aback. Is it the news that Professor Chris is coming back soon?

Ivy saw something from Boyce's face: "It's the professor who lost contact."

"When did it happen?" Boyce heard someone discussing the return of Professor Chris yesterday.

"The news came in the middle of the night last night." I haven't had time to announce it yet.

Ai Wei hesitated to speak: "They met the waves last night, and then lost news..."

I'm afraid it's more ominous for them this time.

In the restaurant, some researchers who had heard the news exchanged the news they knew. In the afternoon, the research institute issued an announcement at the behest of the investors, confirming the authenticity of the news.

"The position of director of the institute is temporarily replaced by deputy director Olier."

Boyce frowned as he read the last sentence of the announcement.

Ai Wei on the side had almost the same expression.

"Who made them investors?" Ivy complained to Boyce on the way back.

He took a breath, looked at Boyce, and said, as if suddenly emotional, "I'm a little homesick."

When Boyce later met Juliana, he mentioned Ivy.

Juliana sighed: "Ivy entered the institute just to enter Chris' experimental group."

Boyce was a little surprised, but he hadn't heard Ivy say this.

The two chatted about some experiments by the way. Juliana handed Boyce the book he wanted, and chatted casually: "The logistics ship will be here in a few days."

"If you want something that doesn't violate the rules, you can ask them to help you bring some back."

Boyce nodded.

-

When the time was up, Boyce went to the breeding room to feed the s-37.

The distance between them has once again returned to the state when Boyce first entered the negative fifth floor. When Boyce deliberately wanted to shorten the distance from the mermaid, the communication between them was even less.

Boyce looked down at the information in his hand, ignoring the mermaid who swam back and forth in front of the glass three or four times in 10 minutes, and realized that his previous behavior was caused by being induced by the merman, and Boyce didn't really want to see it now.

After being ignored again, the mermaid lay on the glass, looking at the humans not far away, with a rare hint of confusion in her eyes.

He is still angry?

Because of what happened before?

Through the glass, the mermaid saw that Boyce had turned another page of the document in his hand.

After meeting Boyce, it instinctively chose the best way for itself.

But it's clear that its Sofia doesn't like it that way.

He was very angry that day.

The mermaid thought that he would calm down after a while.

But it didn't.

It looked at Boyce, who didn't even look at him, and there was a trace of distress in his golden pupils, and his Sofia seemed to be getting angrier.

What should Sofia do when she is angry?

The mermaid came up with a solution in her head, and got angry, she should apologize.

As for the apology...

It piled up a lot of beautiful shells, pearls, and ancient coins collected from shipwrecks in its lair on the seabed. Thinking of this, it flicked its tail a little irritably, and didn't go back for a year. fish occupation.

The mermaid lowered his eyes and saw the scales on his body. It put the old scales that had fallen off at the bottom of the pool. It glanced at Boyce who was watching intently, then turned and dived into the water.

After the blue tail disappeared, Boyce raised his eyes and sighed suddenly.

Those behaviors were induced by the mermaid, but whether it was the emotion magnified by the mermaid first, or the later getting along with each other, they were all real. For Boyce, they really existed.

Boyce glanced down at the time, packed his things and prepared to leave.

The mermaid who was picking out scales at the bottom of the pool heard him leaving, and rushed up holding his old scales, only seeing his leaving back.

Boyce closed the door, seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and left with a little brisk footsteps.

But some things, after all, are different.