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Day two of @lonelyeyesweek

Mixed both dream and mythology.

When he was eight his Simon warned him about sirens, dangerous creatures that would lure sailors with their beautiful voices to force them to steer their ships towards cliffs just to crash and die, they could look both like a mermaid of sorts or there were those that looked like bird people.
At that age he had been both fascinated and terrified of the tales, his mother was not pleased with Simon, chastising him and telling him to stop scaring him or giving him ideas. Simon simply laughed and ruffled his hair. He was a family friend, albeit Peter was never sure of who exactly, maybe uncle Nathaniel?