Bright light.
Latty gasped loudly.
“I can see!” she cried.
She looked at her hands. She looked at the walls. Then she looked at the mermaid and froze.
“You…” she whispered. “You are real.”
The mermaid smiled.
Latty looked around again, her mouth open in wonder.
“I’m in a mermaid kingdom?”
“Yes,” the mermaid replied proudly.
As Latty continued to look around, something strange began to happen. Her hair started growing, flowing down her back like dark silk. Her skin glowed softly. Her face changed gently, becoming even more beautiful.
The mermaid handed her a mirror.
Latty looked and screamed softly.
