Afterward, Cyrus devoted himself to helping the merfolk, returning those still suffering from cruel experiments back to the
ocean.
In front of everyone else, he was still the calm, collected, and reliable Cyrus.
But in private, away from the public eye, Cyrus was consumed with regret and desperation, for Marina didn’t even leave him a single thing to remember her by.
After everything was settled, Cyrus sat on a sailboat and went out to sea.
He sailed all the way to the waters belonging to the merfolk, where Marina belonged.
Then, he opened his arms wide and closed his eyes, before plunging into the sea.
“Marina, wait for me.
“I’m coming to see you.”