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"Oh, okay. So your friends are used to it, then," Ana concluded quietly.

"You're welcome. You know, I met a Rusalka, once; they're like you, but they do have lips and hair, and can sometimes trick you into thinking thy're human," Nadya said.

"What's a rusalka?" Ana asked.

"In old Russia, if a girl died young, especially in or near water, her spirit could come back as a fish woman, a Rusalka. some regard them as evil, some as good, and some say it depends on how they died. Me? Well, having met one, I know they are like they were as human girls," Nadya said.