Ricardo listened patiently, and tried to square those rumors with Lucas and for every rumor, the more it seemed to be the case that his idea was correct, and then he said: "Lucas was a merman, wasn't he?"

"Probably, or at least he knows his language..." Dima replied, but if Ricardo, who was by his side for so many months, was the first to give his opinion, that is probably the case.

"And it would also be best for us, if he were a merman, I'm sure this ritual is dedicated to making a wish to Poseidon and not cursing us" Added Dima

"And where does that security come from?" Taras asked, with some doubts, he had reached the opposite conclusion yesterday.

"The boy jumped into the water to duel with the patriarch of the black zone, he lost his arm, but he managed to save all of us crew members' asses... and since he was a merman he was so stupid as to hide it for fear that the humans would They would kill if they found out their secret..." Dima answered.

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"Anyway, with this information about the wish written in this language, the one who is going to give you the most real answer is going to be the captain, who became an expert on mermaids after a talk with Lucas.... 'Ritual of the first hunt', do you think an initiate would study the internal culture of all intelligent species? Dima added, without any doubt, the captain had also informed the officers about the personality changes and had warned them of the situation beforehand, but he decided to reserve that part just in case.

"But..." Taras tried to speak, but was interrupted by Dima: "If you don't believe me, I'll tell you ahead of time, that the ritual with Tusha was just a farce, Lucas had already told the captain that the sirens would not attack the ship… 'safe waters' …"

"Unfortunately, the boy died because he didn't fully trust us… If not, he could have helped more with the personality changes" Dima commented, with some sadness.

Taras did not want to continue thinking about the subject, for him his conclusions were different, but he would not tell Dima, he was not trustworthy, he had already told Ricardo that whatever happens with DIma, just go with the flow old Pirate, and he doesn't believe any more arguments, Dima was a cunning fox and talking too much with him could cost them their trust with the captain.