Nothing in this hand, nothing in this hand - Look! I put nothing in a vial, smash the vial and Presto! Kai couldn't imagine what might appear, but something would, as if it came from nothing. Which it might have done.
Trying to curb his anxiety, he took a few slow breaths, relieved when Markus said he was safe with him and that he wouldn't judge. Though he wondered about the latter part of the statement, he had hope.
“I'm what you would call a merman,” he all but whispered. “I can show you after lunch, if you like.” Was this lunch? Whatever.