Allen almost snorted, observing the girl's reaction.<span style="font-style: italic">~Now shes acting all wary and shy? Talking about acting before thinking..oh well.~</span><br/>He was contemplating if he should delete her memories now, and just get over with it, but something kept him from doing so.<br/>He would then have the responsibility to knock her out and bring her back to her boat as well. Since he would have to go back anyway. But honestly, due to the upcoming storm he didnt feel like it. Even though rain water was not enough to make him transform if he did not want it, it took a lot of effort and magic power from him to prevent his transformation.<br/><br/>So, he just crossed his arms and did not move an inch, as he watched the girl leave.<br/>"Talking about impolite..." he murmured. ~<span style="font-style: italic">Thanks but I gotta go?</span>~ How about a 'sorry to bother you' or something?<br/>Plus, his efforts even went to waste.. going out in this weather, in ice cold clothes, was the same as a fish jumping on land, expecting to grow legs. Best case she would get pneumonia and land in a hospital for weeks.. humans were so fragile.<br/><br/>Speaking about fish, even those had more loyality than humans!<br/>After regaining and refreshing most of his mermaid powers, his mermaid mentality was predominant. Humans.. descpiciable beings who backstabbed and sold each other for money.. towards other races and species, they were even more ruthless.<br/>He noticed that he<span style="font-style: italic">did</span>take it personally that she disturbed his first sacred ritual since so many years..  Sighing, Allen sat crosslegged on the cold, but dry floor of his cave, trying to calm down.<br/><br/>He was neither a gentleman nor a chivalry knight. He wouldn't look away if somebody in front of him was in danger, but he wouldn't go so far as to meddle in others business. So, even though this girl was wasting his efforts of saving her, he had no intention to convince her otherwise. He had patched her up, and offered her a change of clothes. If she hadnt woken up he'd plainly changed them and brought her back, but since she refused to take up on his offer, so be it. It was his overly meddlement with humans, and his own loss.<br/>If merpeople actually cared about life and death of a few humans, nobody would ever drown in the ocean anymore... He chuckled, then his face was again serious.<br/><br/>Sneering self deprecatingly, he looked up, in the quickly darkening sky. He had too much on his own plate, to be able to save the world.<br/>Rummaging in his bag, he took out an army knife, and cut off the chunk of his hair, making it the same length as before. Stuffing the knife and the hair into his backpack - a mermaid's hair had lots of uses - he bound it to a ponytail and rummaged in his rucksack, regretfully looking for his cap.<br/><span style="font-style: italic">~ Ah, right.. I lost it in the chase..~</span>he remembered.<br/><br/>Outside, the wind and rain picked up to a storm.