It was him! That human! Why was he here? Had he followed me? I swam up to him, curious to see his features up close. He didn't swim away, oddly enough.

I reached out and touched the human's face. Even though there was water all around us, I could feel his skin like it was dry. His was soft and smooth. Mine was slippery and sleek. I wished my skin was like his. His eyes were sharp and blue behind his clear goggles. His black hair was standing up, moving with the water. I returned my attention to his eyes. They seemed to peer right through me.

I shouldn't have been there. I shouldn't have helped him. But I had? Why? I wasn't even sure.

"Dypja" I said, "jw myjx iv Dypja".

Dypja, my name is Dypja.

He appeared confused. He didn't understand Prfcan. He swam upwards, toward the surface. I followed him. He breathed, then mimicked as best he could.

"Byron" he told me, "jw myjx iv Byron".

"Byron…" I repeated. A strange foreign name, but I liked it.

Darkness was falling on Delgwk, a time we Prfcans called Qdpcr, or night, as humans call it.

"I have to go. I'm really sorry, miss" he swam back to the beach and I watched him.

He was the most beautiful human I had ever seen. I smiled, wanting nothing more than to see him again. I swam back down to the depths, hoping to see him, know him, and learn all I could from him.

All because I knew there was…

A/N: I'm really sorry about these short chapters guys. They look longer on paper.