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In the dark of the night she found her strength. Crumpled pages wet her fingertips with voiceless words and unread wisdom. Her weary eyes scanned the thoughts of old for anything to grasp. Something ancient gripped her spirit. Those age-old words embraced her hollowed body. She smiled and wept with her broken heart. The fresh ink lead comfort to seep into her skin. Something ancient gripped her spirit. He held her as she wept, and in the dark of night she found her strength. He whispered to her soul- "my child."

The Transcendent Their skin changes color with the seasons as would a tree's leaves. In the winter it is beige like parchment. Their hair color differs with the 'breed' and can be-- black (changing slightly in tint as does their skin: tinted turquoise in spring and summer, reds oranges, purples and yellows in the fall, and gray in the winter) or white (changing more drastically in tint as before being clear or white in the winter) They have arms and legs, however to swim quickly and most of the time to sleep, they have patterned skin on their inner thighs and lower legs that is actually an outer layer which connects and forms a mermaid li