First, just let me say that, if there is was going to be a book about a Thalassinian royal mergirl, it should have been about me. My life is so much more interesting than my cousin, Lily’s. And I am so much more fabulous!
But she’s the princess (gag) and she’s the one willing to live on land (double gag), so if those are the requirements then I’m glad to pass on that role.
Whatever, I’m over it. I have better things to do. Like introduce myself to you. My name is Dosinia Sanderson–everyone calls me Doe–and I’m Lily’s cousin. My mom was her dad’s little sister. (I say was because my parents died in a fishing boat accident when I was young. I’m over that, too.) I live with my aunt and uncle, but I spent a lot of time in the palace growing up. Listening to Lily this and Lily that got real old real fast. I used to be jealous, when I was a little guppy, but now I’m glad. I wouldn’t want the kind of responsibilities she has.
Instead, I can spend my days shopping, doing lessons with the royal tutors, and mastering makeup techniques that Lily could never hope to possess. Merboys fall at my fins and I’ve had more bond proposals than I can count, even though I’m not allowed to officially date or anything until I turn sixteen in, like, days. For right now, I’m just enjoying being young, royal, and beautiful. But who knows what the future will bring. I only know two things for certain: it won’t be on land, and it won’t be with humans.
That’s all you need to know for now, I suppose. You can ask me questions and, if I deem them worthy of my time, I’ll answer them tomorrow.
Kisses and fishes,
Doe
if you had the choice, would you rather that humans knew about mer-people and there wasn't such secrecy? do you think if humans knew, your parents' accident could have been avoided?
Lily has a hard time with classes–at least her human ones–are you a good student?
do you like any of your studies?
what are your favorite studies?
what are your least favorite subjects?
you said that Lily has a lot of royal responsibilities, as part of the royal family, do you have any?
If you could change anything in the mer-kingdom, what would it be?
in the human world, after high school, we usually get jobs or go to college; does it work the same way in the mer-world?
would you go away to college if you could?
after your done with your studies, will you have any royal duties, or will you get a job?
what kind of underwater job would choose if you could?
are there any land jobs that would interest you?
I think Lily is kind of scared of you–does it make you feel any better when you're mean to her?
who would win in a race–you or Lily?
what do you miss most about your parents?
is there anything you would ask your parents if you could see them again?
humans have cemeteries where we can visit the loved ones we've lost; do you have some place you can visit and remember your parents?
have you ever visited any other mer-kingdoms?
are mer-kingdoms very different from each other? are there different mer-languages?
can all mer-people understand humans?
can you communicate with fish and sea mammals?
do you have any pets?
what kind of pet would you most like to have?
what would surprise humans the most about mer-people?
what would surprise humans the most about the mer-world?
what would surprise us the most about you?
if you could tell your parents anything, what would you say?
if you could tell humans anything, what would you say?
if you could say anything to Lily, what would you say?
it seems like you may have gotten the chance to meet a human, has that changed your perception at all?
since meeting a human, is there anything that surprised you?
how did you find out that Lily was half-human?
did finding out Lily was half-human change your feelings about her?
Has it been hard knowing that Lily is half-human, and knowing that humans are responsible for your parents' death?
has it changed the way you feel about your uncle, the king, to know that he was in love with a human?
what do you think about mer-people who fall in love with humans and bring them back to the sea?
I don't know how everything works, but if humans can become mer-people when they fall in love with each other, do you consider those humans like mer-people? or will they always be human to you?
can you tell the difference between *real* mer-people, and humans who have fallen in love and transformed?
do you have different seasons underwater, like there are on land?
when you were a guppy, what did you want to be when you grew up?
have you ever come close to falling in love?
what do you look for in a mer-boy?
what is your ideal date?
what is your favorite date that you've been on?
do mer-people have any ways to protect themselves from human pollution?
do mer-people have pollution?
do mer-people have books and music like humans do?
do you have any special talents?
if Lily left the sea to become human, who would rule the kingdom after your uncle?
have you ever thought about what you'd do if you were a princess, like Lily?