She was sitting calmly by the edge, looking out at the sea with a faraway expression.  Her features were soft and gentle, and her hands were folded in her lap.  If it weren't for her lack of shoes and damp hair, she could have been an aristocrat.

She looked over calmly, not seeming at all surprised.  "Oh hello."  She said, her voice light and dreamy.  "I am called Beryl."

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"How long?"  She repeated.  "What do you mean?"

"How long..."  She paused a moment then smiled, her giggling like the tinkling of small bells.  "Oh this is a human measurement of time, isn't it?  I do get so confused by those!"

"Oh no not at all.  I mean, yes, but also no."  She smiled serenely.

"I really don't see why you humans are so obsessed with time."  She said thoughtfully.  "It won't stop for you, so why worry?"

"Merfolk don't concern ourselves with such things you see.  We let time flow by like the tide, effected by it, but not trying to control it."

"If that were true, merbabies would never grow up."  She said with that same smile.

"Then again," she said.  "Perhaps we do exist in a different way than humans as far as time goes.  We don't bother with it, so it doesn't so much bother with us.  Perhaps if you stopped trying to control or document time, you'd be allowed more of it."

"How so?  We're doing just fine."

"What do you need to track it for?"

She blinked.  "Can't you just communicate and store events through shells?"

"Of course." She said.  "The sea never forgets, so it makes sure no one else does either."

Beryl smiled softly.  "I think you have the sunset in you."  Oookay was this girl alright in the head??