"That is not an excuse, why...we're....you....LATE?!"
Those last words echoed through out the Water around them, his trident in his hand hitting the ground as he stood up, looking angrier
Kai flinched and shrank into himself a little, bottom lip quivering. Flounder quickly swam out from behind him
???: "I-I-It's not his fault!! ...T-There was this shark, see! A-And it chased us-a-and we tried to get away...b-but we couldn't! A-And then-and then there was this seagull and-"
Merpeople were explicitly forbidden from going to the surface. Humans were believed to be dangerous, but Kai had always been curious-and too stubborn to listen to his father's warnings or lectures. And like-obviously-seagulls are land creatures sooo-