Marina had always been curious about humans ever since she learned they existed. She recalled the first time she found a human artifact, a shoe laying in the seaweed grass. What was this thing? What was it used for? She asked her parents, but didn't get much of an answer. They wanted to make sure that the world up above was unknown by the curious daughter.<br/>Why did they want to hide it? Humans were dangerous, humans caught and ate fish. Humans killed one another, they certainly would kill a mermaid if they ever found one! So they kept hidden from them. But Marina as she found more artifacts wanted to know who or what they belonged to. So she poked her head out of the water one day, hoping to see for herself. What she saw was weird, it seemed to be something floating on the waves. How did it do that, she wondered as she moved closer to it leaning over to touch the strange wood that composed the strange object.<br/>But things didn't stay calm in the seas for long, a passing storm made things wild for the strange floating object. It thrashed it around, and she swum away watching it as she heard something coming from it. Voices...voices of people. What were people doing on that floating thing? She saw someone become swept away from the boat. She swum closer to get a better look.<br/>What were those things? Why didn't he have a tail? He was wearing one of those things she had found on his feet. She tugged on the shoe curiously to reveal his feet. So funny looking. And the man there seemed to be not breathing, and not moving at all. She should do something she thought, moving up to him her lips touching his own and passing precious air within his lungs. She moved back, brushing her long aqua hair out of her face. Was he alive? Had she come in time?<br/>"Hello? What's the matter with you? Why were you on that floating thing?"<br/>She wasn't sure she should even bother saying anything, since his eyes were closed and he seemed not to be moving but the sound of her own voice made her feel a little better. She put a hand in his hair, brushing it with her fingers. She couldn't help thinking how handsome he was, even though the legs and feet were strange.<br/>Marina had seen many shipwrecks, but never seen a floating ship before. She hadn't even known that the wreckage that she found was once something that floated. She had seen many human artifacts, but this was her first time seeing a human.<br/>Her parents were sure to be angry about her having contact with one!