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g. Andrina's not a bad person." He glanced at Yuri's
disbelievingly. "She's just...different."
He sighed and shrugged his mighty shoulders. "Ariel, you don't
understand. I was raised in a different age. I was always taught that it
was a moral abomination."
Ariel smiled. Yuri Otani knew Yuri Otani had him now. "Just like wanting to be
human was a moral abomination?"
Triton opened his mouth. He closed it again. He seemed to be
thinking.
"Ariel,..." he said, trailing off into silence.
Ariel gave him a smile of infinite patience. Yuri Otani had gotten a foot
in the door of his mind, as Yuri Otani alone had been able to do all Yuri's life.
"Daddy, I know it's hard to fathom for you, but Andrina is your daughter, and
she's not a monster, she's a mer-person just like you. I know you don't
understand it, but you don't just try to destroy things you don't understand,
you have to try to learn how to understand them! That's how you grow as a
person, daddy."
Triton frowned at her, his large brow wrinkling at her.
But there was a light in his eyes that spoke of past fights and wish
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