dolphin safe

The world stank and he hated it. Chimera had been pulled from sleep by the smell and had fought to shove his face anywhere that might serve as a shield. When Siren began to complain of the stench, the two-toned boy pulled himself from the tiny den that his sister had dug. He moved out onto the sands and began his job of discovering just what smelled so horrid.

Chimera swam from one island to the next. The shifting ocean breeze didn't make the task easy. In time, he discovered the source of the stink. A whale had washed up on the beach. Birds were plucking at its dead body and Chimera wrinkled his mottled nose. The thing smelled horrible. There was no way that he could eat something like that. He decided to inspect the beast, however. Maybe he could find something useful to do with it.

Coming around the edge of the massive head, Chimera was a little surprised to see Venom standing there. Didn't she have Empress things to do? "Venom," he said in greeting. The giant boy simply stood there, staring at his sister with his one working eye. He'd made a promise to serve her in return for power and a home for Siren. He had to be civil.