Granny used to read to me about the amoret of sailors—the Jiaoren, mermaids with black skin and yellow hair, webbed feet and hands, wings, human eyes that cried pearls. They were famous for their art and weaving. If you were given a charm crafted by a Jiaoren, a sign of their trust, you were enabled to breathe underwater, permitting you to visit them. One day, a Jiaoren befriended a family and went home to stay with them. When she had to part, the pearls she cried were her gift.
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