'Old meat'

Being out of it for a while because of dehydration was bothersome.

The canopy of that forestry area had been a relief but outside of it had been torture.

I had already been awakened, after being bombarded by the various teasing scents when entering the room, but I was so deep in thought, thinking about what I should do to keep my body from drying out once more that I did not make it known and instead, continued as is.

Thinking a little longer on this, the body should not have such a reaction, after all, I can not shift to my Shark-kin form and my power can be said to be mostly absent.

Common sense though would force me to admit that I still have some characteristics of a Shark-kin but so much?

Therefore concluding now that what I needed was water, and not just a little like the average human, but a lot.

How am I supposed to achieve that goal without being abnormal?

I pondered a bit on this.

Hm, the power I have, clearly strengthened the young air breather but will it work on this body?

'Visual,'

An image appeared in my mind, listing what I am able to use into categories and later subcategories.

It seems to be quite hard to keep it up but I can sift through what is available quickly, doing just that I paused upon one that had never been used and seen before.

What was the use back then?

I had been surrounded by water, to have my body produce enough antibodies to enhance the natural reproduction of water had not been necessary but now, there is a need.

'Liquid reproduction>>co-dependancy reduction>>heat resistance increase>>dehydration>>enhancement 100%.'

With that sorted, my entire body cooled feeling less dry and itchy.

Sigh, it is sad to have such a weak body to the point I have to use such pathetic power to keep it functioning normally.

Sitting up I then blinked and opened my eyes.

In the forest area, it had been natural to me, in fact, deep underwater the air breather dry land is not much different than the water depths. It is just, one is wet and cool, while the other is dry and hot.

But this indoor place is different, the Orcas had a kingdom but it was made from caves, gems and precious materials over time, the insides were are glitter and smooth wide areas.

While this area seemed decent and well decorated but it still seems somewhat plain.

(Author: it is actually quite luxurious.)

The gaze took in the various air breathers in the room before fallen on the eldest.

I suppose I will need to adjust my mind and see myself as human similar to them, even if they are just prey with the young air breather raised high enough to be seen as an almost equal.

The human in front of me was older than the boy, she had a mature scent about her, with a gaze that seemed to show adoration.

I blinked, I appreciated my cute form right now because it worked in my favour, but I still smelt the slight fear within the room.

This older human, my nostrils flared, did she fear?

Looking at her, she seemed a bit too composed.

The boy--big brother I have decided to latch on to by hugging his thigh had been carefully cared for during the short amount of time in the forest.

Before we had departed, I had made sure to scent and use my other power to carefully select the plants around to help nurse him.

I felt grateful for the power I had once dubbed as useless, became useful as an air breather and assisted me in strengthening the thigh I will now hug for dear life.

The scent from the older human in front of me had a similar scent to his so I thought that she could be the grandmother he had mentioned during their lengthy discussion.

Thinking about it now, it should have been a fact that this world is no longer the world Gaia but another, it is just I am not too sure as to which world and how it would affect me.

Even though I am mostly human, I am still Shark-kin; a fact proven when the heat from the sun caused me to become dehydrated and weak. If this thigh had not cared for me--my nose flared, gazes scanning once again to fall on a young female air breather.

Her slightly bend head along with the clothing she wore, showed that she is one who 'served.'

That scent was hers, so it can be concluded that this 'serve' should not be fully overlooked.

After all when a being like this human air breather showed a bit of care even at the behest of her master, one should still give the lowly slave, somewhat of face.

After all, without this 'serve' meticulous care I would have probably fallen into a coma.

The problem I need to think about now is how shall I survive in an area with limited amount of moisture in the air?

Pursing my lips I turned and looked at my 'big brother' and called out softly; "Big brother..."

"En," he replied turning to look at me, his dark gaze as if searching my entire person before reaching out and patting my head. "Zephyra has suffered."

"Big brother, Zephyra is well,"

"En, Zephyra is well. Come, greet the old madam Kai."

He made a gesture to the older air breather, I turned to look at her tilting my head slightly to the left resisting the urge to lick my lips at the prospect of tasting some 'old meat'.

When I was still in my Shark-kin form, the things I liked to devour were those elderly whales. Their meat may be tougher but their flesh was tasty with the bones easy to crush between my jaws. Even better, their speed was much slower.

chase?

Only one type of sea dwellers of loved to chase but they were merely less than a morsel.

Softening my gaze, I felt my gums itch, while looking at this 'old meat', such a pity I can look, smell but not bite.

"Little one call me grandma,"

Torn from my thoughts, I blinked at the old meat and tilted my head on a side then opened my mouth replying in a milky tone.

"Grandma,"

The old meat laughed; it sounded hearty, I felt hungry and watched her, for a moment I thought that if I eat her, she might be worth too much to my thigh forcing me to lose favour, so I threw that thought aside completely.

"Good child, from now on you will be my granddaughter, and will want for nothing,"

I nodded when the tall woman stood and sat next to me pulling me in comforting arms.

She said a few more words but hunger seemed to be distracting me.

Enduring it I tried my best to be nice to this older human because she, as it turns out, is the only relative from the side of the birth mother.

"Grandmother please do not stifle little Ra,"

Right, this is the nickname given to me by him, proving that he had accepted me as his sister.

In truth, my full name is Wie Zephyra but I had no last name.

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Notes:

~*Severed/serve: it should be obvious here but to Zephyra or FL... This girl is merely a slave who served the master like her god. The air, her body and entire being. This view will change later and properly explained.

For now, think of it like the servant is those cleaner fish, hehe.

~* Wie Zephyra: her first name is Zephyra, I'm not sure if you are a reader from my other books so I will throw this out there: all of the sisters have J last names for example (Wu) Jie Tyna is the name of one, and Jah Di'ordi.

These are all sisters born from a separate pod from 'Lady darkness'--I'll not delve into it now because it would ruin the surprises further in this book and those before it.