Marina touched his face delicately. She always did have a weakness for these young ones, collecting them like a child with a shiny rock until she grew tired of them. "Yes, little one. We are the Endless of the Sea. Welcome home."

He shook visibly, "Are you-you kill men..."

"Well," Firtha interrupted, "Only when we want to."

"We must guard the sea from your kind, you know," Kai added, nodding.