Tamarin woke early, enjoying the sunbeams warming her scales. Smiling, she got out of bed, resolving to forgive Anemone for completely stabbing her in the back yesterday. Shaking Anemone's sleeping form, she yawned and rubbed her eyes. Anemone grunted, and rolled over. Tamarin tried a different tack. She put her head right up close to Anemones ear and whispered,

"It's Tamarin's hatching day". Anemone sat bolt upright.

" Tamarin"! She cried, blinking furiously."Have you opened your gift"? Tamarin spun around, and felt the box on her ledge. She picked it up, and sat down next to Anemone.

"Oh, wait" Anemone said, placing a blindfold on her head."For later". Tamarin shrugged. If she was blind, she didn't need a blindfold. Her stomach jolted again, and Tamarin silently cursed her stupid eyes, and how they never worked. Undoing the ribbon, she picked up the objects inside. A bracelet and earrings.

"The bracelet says, Anemarin" Anemone said quietly. Tamarins mouth dropped. That-that meant......

"Put them on" Anemone urged, dropping the blindfold over her eyes. Tamarin slowly pierced her ears, with the pearls, and clasped the bracelet around her wrist.

"Take the blindfold off" Anemone said, hopefully. Tamarin slowly removed the seaweed. The world  exploded with color.