The Little Merman

by SuntoryAngel

"I have come here to request that my tail be split into legs so that I may not only free my family from this cloud of sorrow but also to attempt to establish a better relationship with those who dwell on land. As I write my name upon this contract, thus establishes a seal that binds us. By my name I validate this contract and seal my voice until the day it is fulfilled!"

38. Chapter 38

"Are those test results ready yet?" Seto's hand drug down his face as he grumbled lowly. He'd barely slept a wink knowing that a stranger was within the walls of his home.

The doctor pulled out a small pen-like device, a press of the button causing a projection of their so called "visitor" appearing in the center of the room. "Other than severe fatigue, I can find nothing wrong with why he is incapable of speaking. There's no damage to his voice box that we can find…at least that's what we initially thought." His fingers tapped the projection's neck, causing it to expand and zoom in with a pinch of his fingers. "If you look here, at the vocal ligament, there are supposed to be two pieces here; the false vocal cord and the true vocal cord. It would take an immensely practiced or by some miracle that both would be missing with no lingering tissue damage and scaring."

"So you're saying that someone waved their glitter encrusted magic wand over this guy and stole his voice?"

"That's not the half of it." His fingers shifted the image so that they were looking upon the pelvis bone. "What do you see wrong here?"

Sapphire eyes narrowed. "Get on with it. I do not pay you a six digit salary to make a mockery of me in my own office."

"The bone structure of his lower torso is human, as is the rest of him, but the difference between it and the upper are astounding. There is no doubt that he has spent his earlier years training his mind and strength yet his lower half, including his legs, are barely strong enough to sustain his weight. The way they bow inwards here," he shows the knees, revealing the way that they were indeed tilted. "Leads me to believe that he was in a severe accident during that his healthy physique was compromised." The doctor turned to face the desk as the image returned to its normal settings ,appearing as though the young man himself was standing with them. "You said there was an accident at sea, one that nearly claimed the young mistress' life? It appears that something similar has happened to this man, just to a different degree."

"Not only are you telling me that my sister, the one you and several hundreds of other physicians said would never walk again unless by some miracle is in fact out walking about time this very minute," he slowly rose from the chair, sapphire eyes darkening with anger. "But you're also telling me that a man that she swam out into the middle of the ocean to rescue from drowning shouldn't be walking either but somehow they both are and can't tell me why?!"