a fish music player should be called an iCod

[soundsfishy]

who: Llŷr & Cain
what: Phone nerds
when: Some time after this post.
where: The river
warnings: Android vs Apple

Floating in the water as close to the populated area as he could without risking being seen by too many people (it was still ingrained in him), Llŷr waited for the man he had been speaking to.

His phone was already on low battery despite how little he had tried to use it, so there had to be at least one mobile battery charger worth of fish in his net by now. If not, he would have to start using the pretty jewels he had found in the river as well, and he wasn't keen on that.

The mer was thinking of giving Cain a call again, but hesitated. Would that mess up his trade chances if he looked too desperate?

Sighing, he turned in the water and pushed his tail, gliding towards the river bank so he could see if the man was coming.

Comments

[soundsfishy]

"Theme parks sounds amazing," Llŷr says with a sigh. "I've seen them on the internet and there's one at the shore near where I was born." Bright lights drew mer attention, okay? They're essentially underwater magpies.

Still, the money thing is a mystery. He technically understands what Cain means, but it seems to convoluted to him. "If you don't have the skills in a craft then there are options like delivery and many other tasks," Llŷr says thoughtfully. "Besides, who decides how much a piece of cloth is with? Only you do. The piece is even worth less and more in other countries, but food on your table is universal."

[aeturnus]

"Bit of a limitation having fins instead of feet for things like that," he said with a dip of his head in acknowledgment. Somehow he doubted the underwater world had anything quite as grandiose and pointless as theme parks to try out. "Too bad there aren't any here."

"Usually those things are decided by the materials used, the quality of the workmanship, how far it has to travel to get to the market, the demand for that product, and general availability, among other factors," he said in amusement. "It isn't as arbitrary as you think. There's science and math, and studies devoted to those kinds of decisions."

[soundsfishy]

"Exactly!" He turns a bit, picking a couple of pebbles under his tail since they were starting to chafe his scales. "Good for swimming, less great for ferris wheels."

The discussion of money is kind of starting to go over his head, but Llŷr makes a few mental notes to find out a bit more on his own later. From what Cain is saying, though, maybe it does make a little more sense than he had earlier thought.

"So what do you think of the phone?"