~ Shards of Emerald ~
When they entered the Mermaid Cafe, Luffy's daughter stared wide-eyed at Shyarly for a few long moments before pointing and shouting excitedly, "This lady's a shark! A shark lady!"
And before either of her parents or anyone else on the Strawhat crew thought to try and stop her, the child dashed across the room and clambered up into Shyarly's lap.
"Don't just climb on people!" Nami scolded belatedly. "What if they don't want to be climbed on?"
Junior looked up at the shark mermaid with a worried expression.
Shyarly smiled down at her and said, "It's okay."
"She said it's okay!" Junior called out to the navigator.
Nami let out a long-suffering sigh. The kid was too much like Luffy when it came to social interactions - despite Hancock, Nami, Robin, and Sanji's best efforts to teach her otherwise.
Junior was very disappointed to learn that no one on Fishman Island knew how to turn the human child into a shark mermaid or shark fishgirl... although she was slightly less disappointed about it after learning that Shyarly did not eat seals.
~oOo~
A/N: The kid is starting to take over this collection. Maybe she needs her own separate fic.