A giggle escaped Mayumi's lips as she watched the mermaid look at her glasses for a few moments, before she put them on her face. The way she reacted made her stifle another giggle. She did not want the mermaid to think she was rude. It was actually kind of cute watching the mermaid discover something for the first time. It was like a newborn child or a kitten. Of course, Mayumi would not tell that to the girl. She had a feeling that would be offensive.

She took her glasses back and popped them back onto her nose. They slid down again, making her roll her eyes. She took them off again and put them in her glasses case and put that into the backpack. Her vision was a little blurry now, but not so bad that she couldn't see what was right next to her. She could even make out some distance, but seeing details from far away was the worse. Her mom had promised time and time again that she would take her to the mainland to get her glasses resized. Her mother never seemed to want to leave the mainland, even when Mayumi had to just to go to school. The island was too small to have it's own school. Going to school on the mainland was great, especially if the tide got too high; they got to miss without any sort of punishment.

"Thanks. I need to get them resized to fit my face better, but..." She trailed off. The mermaid probably would have no idea what she was talking about. No, scratch that, of course the mermaid would have no idea what she was talking about. Last time Mayumi went to get her glasses, she had to go with a chaperone her mother picked, because her mother claimed she was too busy to leave. Excuses. That is all they were. What did her mom have against the mainland? Or leaving the island?

Mayumi watched in wide-eyed amazement as the mermaid started to shift around. For a moment, she felt a pang of disappointment in the pit of her stomach, thinking the girl was going to dash off into the water again, never to be seen for the rest of Mayumi's life. Instead, the mermaid turned to lay in a more comfortable position on her belly. 

She propped herself on her elbows and stared right at Mayumi. It was really something that should have been painted in a fantasy book. This mermaid, so unique and breathtaking to behold. The colors of her tail alone took Mayumi's breath way. Her hair as well. It was so red. Mayumi had never seen hair as red as the mermaid's. Then there was her face, so pale, so flawless.

When she started to speak, Mayumi couldn't help blushing. The sound of her voice seemed to tickle at her skin, it was almost like music... and even magic. Just seeing the mermaid was like seeing magic. She was magic. Her fellow villagers were wrong. Mermaids were not evil. How could they be? Would an evil being thank someone? Would they speak so softly, so politely? 

"You have no need to thank me. I was happy to help. I-I always wondered what... " She blushed and looked down at her scraped and sand filled knees. She winced. Now she noticed the pain. Ouch. "I mean, I just wondered what a mermaid would look like in person." She looked back up, her black eyes sparkling. "Do you have to go so soon?" She bit down on her lower lip. There was so much they could both gain from getting to know each other. It was an opportunity that neither would most likely ever have again.

"I'm Mayumi." She looked at the others tail again, still really shy about doing so. It was like she was breaking in on the mermaid's privacy. She just couldn't help it. The tail was so wonderful. She'd never seen anything like it, like the mermaid. "I'm sorry for staring. You're... just really beautiful."