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(Sorry it took so long! School sucked me in!) "Unusual?" He asked, raising an eyebrow. "Have you never noticed that it is like a game?" Rolling his head around, his neck cracked a few times, some of the tenseness in his shoulders easing away. "it's a giant game of cat an mouse. Sometimes you're...

"I would have, but you've already made it clear that I can't kill you on my own." He said, not particularly in the mood to get his entire body scratched up. "I could tie you back up but it seems wrong to do while we're properly talking." He ran a hand through his hair, looking back at his friend...

"Sure, that's the reason we were able to catch you." He said with an eyebrow raised, shaking his head in disbelief. "Admit it, you were weak and we caught you while you were weak." He wasn't about to let her maintain the fact that she was stronger than him. She had the whole ocean to escape...

"He's a good man if you keep him away from his cups." He said, noticing that her position had relaxed. She didn't trust him, which he understood; he wouldn't trust someone that captured him and tied him up. He didn't expect her to trust him, and he honestly didn't want her to trust him. It kept...

Chao wasn't fond of the odds, but he also was not fond of the idea of death. He was watching the men carefully, and while he was surprised when Dou went back to back with him, he didn't allow the surprise to show on his face. It was a defensive position, but a strong one that would allow them to...

Chao fought as if his life depended on it, and to him, his life did depend on it. He did not want to be captured, knowing what fate befell men like him that were captured. Surrendering was not honorable, nor was it ideal, and he had never surrendered; he would rather die by his own hand rather...

"I was here before many of the men." Chao retorted, shaking his head. "And I have not run like all of them." This was not a time to argue semantics; there would be time to bicker later when they weren't under threat of attack. He was right, though; he hadn't been late, and he certainly wasn't...

Chen Feiyan was taking the last basket from her father's boat when she saw ships approaching over the horizon. It was too late for any fishing vessels or merchant ships to be coming into port, and besides, they hadn't gotten word of any that would be late or had been missing earlier. She...

He sighed, reaching over and undoing part of her bindings, though keeping some of it on. He didn't want her to escape, but he did feel kind of bad with her totally trapped in front of him. At this point, he didn't have the strength to fight her on his own, and he would rather have her get away...

Elliot opened his mouth to respond when his partner decided to speak for him, and from behind him, he heard a voice say, "He's gonna keep you right here, sweetheart." His partner was clearly still a little out of his head, and Elliot was tempted to pick him up and dunk his head in the cold ocean...

Elliot was a little surprised when she actually gave him her name. He hadn't actually considered the fact that she would have a name that referred to herself by, though he was strangely happy to hear that she had one. "Naida." He repeated, the strange name rolling around on his tongue. "I've...

"I don't know why they're considered that way; they just always have been considered unlucky." Elliot said, shrugging. At her question, he smiled a little, seeing the change in her demeanor. He could tell she wasn't threatening at the moment. "Elliot. What is yours, if you have one?"

"I forgot you don't see pigs out here; it is a land animal used for food, but they are known to roll in the dirt and stick their nose into things that they shouldn't." Elliot said, bemused by her confusion. Pigs were such common knowledge to him that he hadn't even considered that she would have...

"I am, but he certainly isn't." Elliot said, shaking his head. "I almost feel as if I should apologize for how ridiculous he is being right now. Decent sailor or not, he can have the manners of a pig." Having a civil conversation with her was strange; he hadn't expected it. He honestly hadn't...

"I am better able to control myself, unlike him." He said, sighing. "Many of the men you see are likely like him, as sailors tend to take to their cups when out at sea, rather than keeping their head about them. I am not a sailor, and I do not find it appealing to lose my head entirely...

"I forget that you do not see human women or observe their mannerisms, only that of men." He said, shaking his head at his partner. The older man was a good man, but he was not infallible, and the sight of a beautiful and naked woman was enough to break even the toughest of morals. "It is not...

His eyes flashed with irritation. "I don't torture, nor do I use information against people to torture them>" He said. It was true; if he intended to kill her, he had never planned on making it drawn out and painful. He would even be willing to give her food and water for the journey back. There...

"Like being out of water. I suppose tails don't exactly work well on land." He said, running a hand through his already totally disheveled hair. Despite his anger, he had to admit that he was slightly curious about what she was doing. He had done quite a bit of research on sirens before...

He finished patching up his partner just in time to see the man gesture wildly towards the siren, still too exhausted to speak. He turned around to see the siren out of the net, and a rather beautiful and incredibly naked standing no two legs in its place. "Where do you think you're going?" He...

He ignored, not wanting to give her the pleasure of a snappy response. "Stay still, I need to get you properly patched up." He told his partner as the man tried to get up off the ground. "Take a sip of this, it'll help with the pain." He gave the man a small flask to take a drink from, knowing...