Fish in a Cage

He was the merman I raised with my own hands, beautiful, docile, and the most precious sample in the laboratory.

They put chains on him, calling him "Celesys," a descendant of a sinful fallen race.

They didn't know that the exquisite shell imprisoned in the cage was merely an old cloak he casually donned when he fell to the mortal world.

And I was the only one who could hear his whispers. — Those were not sweet nothings, but lonely echoes from the sea of stars, from a higher dimension.

Tags: Thriller, Urban, Edge Love Song, Urban Oddities, Scheming, Beautiful Strong Tragic. Other: Non-human, Beautiful Strong Tragic, Redemption, Battle damage, Sci-Fi Ethics, Identity Reversal, Secret Love Comes True, Deep Sea Aesthetics, Game Theory.