Sihwa lowered her head and touched the "call" icon repeatedly with her finger. However, as there was no SIM card in the phone, she could neither dial nor text.
Zhang Zian watched her loneliness in silence. Empathy and sadness filled his heart.
He knew that she was lonely. She was all by herself every day in a small room, watching the world outside from a small window. She only had some occasional interactions with Fina. He had been out a lot these days and had even barely talked to her.
She was lonely, as she was neither considered herself a human nor a fish. She might be the only mermaid in the world. There was no other of her kind.
The other elfins in the shop, whether cats or dogs, had many companions. Even Pi had companions––countless monkeys tapping keyboards all day. Sihwa was the only one without a companion, born all by herself into the world.