Okay, so maybe this<i>wasn't</i>some vivid hallucination. Or, it if it was, it was a hell of a lot more vivid and real than he thought his mind could manage. He was snapped at for nearly stepping on one of the babies, a startled gasp coming from him as he looked down and saw the tiny shelled creature that was so close to his feet. He had been so focused on the mermaid that he hadn't been paying attention! Tayden knelt down and gently scooped up the warm turtle, the tiny flippers tickling a little against his hands, then walked over to the water's edge and set it back down so it could swim with the others of its kind.<br/><br/>"That's exactly why I'm here," the light brown haired male replied when he was asked for the reason he was on this secluded stretch of sand and water. "It's away from everyone and everything. That makes it easier to see things like this," he explained with a wave of his hand to where there were still a few turtles making their way to the water's edge. "Hey! Shoo! Shoo!" the half-blind male jogged on over to where a seagull was trying to pick up one of the turtles, his arms flailing around to scare the avian away. A huff was given as the bird flew off, but not that far away, then he picked up the overturned baby and brought it to the water as well. He then sat down and leaned back, letting his feet rest where the waves could lap at them.<br/><br/>"Yeah, I know they wouldn't believe me. You're 'not real', yet you obviously are here," he responded, making a note of how he had been corrected. He had known that the other was a male when he saw him, but the term mermaid was the one that the odd human knew and used. He fell back to lay on the warm sand and smiled as he looked up at the sky.<br/><br/>"So, I'm here to get away from everyone and everything to enjoy the beauty of nature. What about you? It's dangerous to come this close to land, isn't it? Most people would want to capture you and put you on display for a profit..."