Back to the Trench

"The Duons… I think I saw them somewhere before," said Keely. She continued after receiving a puzzled glance from Angor, "When you took me away from the Dugon settlement, I saw something hanging on the neck of that octopus. It looks like a Duon to me. But it's too dark to see clearly… I think he got a fishtail while the rest of him is all human."

A Duon was with the monster? Angor pondered. He was too focused on escaping, so he didn't have time to look back.

"Are you sure about it?"

If what Keely said was correct, they might need to go back and face the octopus again. It was like diving back into a deadly trap from which they just barely escaped. Neither of them was sure it was a good choice.

Keely nodded firmly. "Suppose there are no real mermaids living here, and there is no mermaid that came here among us as a participant, I'm almost sure what I saw is a Duon."