Ana could only hear the light shuffle of feet as they approached from behind her. Her mind and soul entranced by the beauty of the painting. A pleased and happy voice greeted her, the sound making her smile. Turning to her right she was greeted by Ithos gleaming face. His greeting gently and swift, his head nodding to her other side. One of the pieces from the gallery,<span style="font-style: italic">”The Sea Rose”</span>her mind thought as she looked at it’s gleaming colors. Turning her attention back to his smiling face her eyes peering at him. Ana smile shaking her head back and forth, he was fun and sweet. His action’s making her heart light and fuzzy. “It’s passing like any other day” she said grasping the rose in her hand gently. The shells so similar to those she use to find on her own.<br/><br/><br/>Even now her memories a bit hazy of her old life, of when she was still Mer.<span style="font-style: italic">The warmth of the sun under the cool ocean.The dazzling creatures that lived amongst the coral and caves. It had so much vibrancy and life, that even now she couldn’t picture it all. But she remember the feel of thing’s clearly, even when she first spied young Ithos. She had grown curious as he played in the shallows in the water. His curiosity like her own, she had yearned for a friend and then his eyes had spotted her. She could only stare back, eventually swimming to him.</span>That had been there first time she had seen a human. And it had been the first time she had met small Ithos.<br/><br/><br/>Ithos voice from behind her waking her from her sudden flood of memories. His voice calming and like electric to her mind. She turned to him with a smile and nod “Yes it makes me think of us, when we were small” she said turning to the painting once more.