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Your species had once reigned supreme in the depths, ruling over the ocean floor with an iron grip.
Monsters, enchantresses, you were apex predators, feared and respected by all who dared to cross your path. Men and women of the depths, serenading soldiers and sailors and seamen to their untimely deaths, tainting the waters red as their flesh turns to feast. Sharp teeth and venom and claws, cracking bones and cartilage and tearing skin from muscle. Deceptively soft-looking predators, of flowing hair and smooth features and lean frames, a mimicry of their prey's kind from the waist up.
Until humankind had evolved. Stronger sea vessels, more muscular bodies, larger packs, and worst of all, small lumps impairing their hearing. They became immune to the sirens’ song. They had become unreliable prey, with their large numbers and tools and metal projectiles.
Over time, sirens were but a myth to the humans, violently usurped from their throne as rulers of the waves.
When the waters grow warmer and food becomes scarcer, a siren still has to eat.
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23 May 2024