From the water? She narrowed her eyes suspiciously. It wasn't a crime to be something other than human, of course, but she already knew he wasn't because of the ear-fins. Did that make him some sort of fish-thing?
"I'm Awiergan," she finally answered, the words slow as she was almost uncertain if she should share her actual name. It was too late for that now, though.
"You're a fish-man, aren't you?" she decided, leaning a little closer to scrutinize what she could see of him by the moonlight. Well, maybe he was too pretty to be a fish, exactly.
Too curious, she ended up leaning against the railing to look over. What could he possibly be standing on? Well, it turned out he wasn't standing at all.
She really did try not to look so surprised but she wasn't really sure what to do other than gawk at the unmistakable shimmery-shine of scales and fins. She knew creatures like him existed but that didn't mean she was well-acquainted with any. "Oh..."