Jimmy let out a wistful sigh, which bubbled upwards through the water, as he stared at Bell. His eyes were filled with stars, which were likely just the sparkles reflecting off the scales of her tail.
Jimmy had once been the squire to a very popular hunting group, and had been striving to gain his own abilities one day. It was this desire for power, to become a knight himself, that drove him to push for a biological mutation.
He had hoped for strength to shatter mountains. Instead, he got gills. That was it really, as well as the ability to see well in the murky depths, but that was more of a side effect than a true mutation.
In the end, his dreams had ended before they could come true. But, he didn't let it get him down. He transferred to the Loch city, as one of the defenders and a honorary envoy, and worked his way up from there.
