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I was swimming slower than usual and I knew Zaire was getting worried, probably with questions about the way she kept glancing at me now and then.
If I was at my usual pace, we should have got to the reef about an hour ago, but I need my strength to cross the reef and also keep Zaire safe between it, because I don’t know how the magic keeping the boundary would react to having two mermaid presence crossing it.
“My princess, are you feeling alright should we rest for a bit before we continue?”
Zaire asks, finally, and I sighed, shaking my head.
“We would rest awhile in the ocean after we cross the reef.”
I answer her and she nods, swimming far ahead before stopping to glance back at me.
“Forgive me, your majesty, but you look exhausted and your pace seems slow.”
