magisternihil's 100-word story for July 15, 2025

magisternihil wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on July 15, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

When I was a child my grandmother took me to watch the Sea People dance. She said we had to hide, because if they saw us, they would disappear beneath the waves quicker than a flash. So we crouched behind the stones and keep silent as church mice. I had so many questions as they slid from the icy waters and began to circle, as if daring each other to begin. Where were their tails? Why did the come onto land for the dance? How did grandmother know when it would happen. But they all faded as the dance began.

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