File:13-believe-me.flac

English: Audio text:

The Little Mermaid:

In the thick of blue waters, away from the hustle and bustle of the coastal

For hundreds of millions of years, another life flowed in the shadows.

For two hundred years I grew up among others in hope

Occasionally looking into the distant world at the glow of the night earth

Second Prince: I thought you were going to tell me seriously. I found something to come up with... mermaids, water… Why this circus? You look completely human. Tell me the truth

The Little Mermaid:

I'm not what I used to be anymore.

Smooth three-meter worm - three petals, mirror stem

Without noticing us, you were striving somewhere in the distance

But I wanted to see you so much, and touch the snowstorm outside the window..

Take a look

Into my eyes

Believe me, believe me, it's all true!

You saw it yourself only yesterday

What else do I need to say?

Second Prince: All of this... of course, a fairy tale. The only question is whether your appearance can be explained in any way at all... without a fairy tale.

The Little Mermaid: Our society can be roughly described as primitive.. There are no dwellings, there is no fire, there is no industry. In general, everything is very simple. But, oddly enough, we are very smart compared to you.

Second Prince: As you understand, we don't know anything about your history.

The Little Mermaid: I don't really know either. Nothing remarkable happened. It's you who have continuous wars there, generals..

Second Prince: Well, you've read books... You said you called me prince because you read a fairy tale about a prince.

The Little Mermaid: <laughter> So these were your books. And we have no written language.

Second Prince: How did you live...

The Little Mermaid: Yes, she lived very well, in general... Happiness is not outside, it's inside. If you have the brain set up correctly, you will also be fine all the time. We almost do not experience unpleasant sensations. What is the delirium of the situation... I really don't know anything about our origin, and no one really knows. And we don't need books, we have a normal memory. By the way, I don't understand how it works for you, that you can read something and immediately forget. But there is no information about our origin in anyone's memory. Only myths. Well, there are also quite strange aggregates that we consider magic.

Second Prince: And one of them turned you into a human...

The Little Mermaid: Practically so. Our body, as I understand it, can take any form. But it is unclear how to manage it. How that device works... How did he appear at all... I wasn't very interested then, and anyway, probably no one knows... I'd just like to know. In short, I'm going to IAPA tomorrow.

Second Prince: Listen, and this device... who turned you... Why did he make you an almost childish body?

The Little Mermaid: Well, what kind of baby? There are secondary sexual characteristics. Just the skin is unworn. My appearance is quite attractive from the point of view of your biology: maximally balanced, symmetrical, not spoiled by aging.

Second Prince: And are you really 215 years old? How long can you even live? Or are you immortal?

The Little Mermaid: 215... We live for several thousand years. It happens very differently... We don't get old, but at some point... One, and that's it. It's horrible. It is unclear why... Why not true immortality?..