"I hear the villages in the shallows, close to the surface, get up to some freaky shit."
"What kind of freaky shit?""
"They're communing with the ground-dwellers. Worse, they're breeding with them."
"No."
"It's true, it's true! They bear ugly, misshapen children than can live on the ground. Some may even worship strange surfacer gods that live in the sky, possibly beyond the sky!"
"And what does the Deep Guard have to say about all this depravity?"
"Well, a friend told me that they have to raid those places sometimes, raze them to the ground. Sad, ain't it? But that's what happens when you live that close to the surface. I'm telling you, the far surface is no place for a decent fishman"


