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for a minute she looked like a seventies version of Mad Ophelia. "But there was a stigma,
especially back then, and I couldn't go home and even though it was perfectly natural, even
though it's what my body is for and it was beautiful and amazing, I was ashamed."
"A shamed hippie?" Fred wondered aloud.
"And then there was SamтАФ"
"So, even worse problems?" Fred guessed.
Her mother frowned and continued. "And I was so happy to see him again and heтАФ"
"тАФhad a thing for knocked up blondes who puked in the morning?"
"Fred, I don't think you'reтАФ"
"Mom. I appreciate you getting this off your chest and allтАФ" Fred tried not to stare at her mother's
boobs. Fred wished the woman would get something on her chest, like a turtleneck. "But I had
that one figured out by the time I was five. Not, by the way, that it makes it any easier to pretend
his tongue wasn't where it was ten minutes ago. But yeah, I knew."
"You did?" Sam asked, shifting uneasily as pea water started to trickle down his butt crack.
"Dad. Sam. Whatever. Look at you. Look at me. I'm a mermaid and you couldn't get a
membership at the Y."
Her mother threw up her hands. The blanket gaped. Fred stared at the ceiling. "And how such a
wondrous creature can have such silly hang-ups is beyondтАФ"
"Mom, ask anybody on the planet: would it weird you out to walk in the front door and see your
mom on all fours? I guaranteeтАФmermaid, human, blue whale, marmoset, pixie, leprechaun,
zombieтАФthey'll all say yes." She turned to her squirming father.
"Remember that time you panicked in the tide pool and I had to get you out? I was seven, Dad,
and the water was only up to my knees."
"There were things in there," Sam said, shuddering at the memory.
"Yeah, Sam. Minnows. It was the fourth or fifth time I'd had to save you, and I'd never had a
swimming lesson in my life. Also, you have brown eyes and mine are the color of brussels
sprouts. Also, you haveтАФhadтАФbrown hair and mine's the color of the ocean. Also, you never
grow a tail and you're right handed; while I'mтАФdid you get this?'тАФa mermaid and a lefty!"
"No need to scream," Mom sniffed.
"I hate it when you treat me like I'm freaking stupid."

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"Nobody thinks you're freaking stupid," her mom soothed in her "I think my kid's freaking stupid"
voice. "Everyone in this room is a living creature deserving of our love and respect."
"If you try to hold my hand and make a nurture circle," Fred warned, "I will kill you."




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