The waves crashed on to the beach as the late summer sun sank for dusk.
A few ships were leaving on the tide, and among the rocks and tidal pools. The Cockel wifes worked, prying off shells with shape strong knives. placing their catch into a small basket on their hips. Tonight inns cross the city will be selling cocked salted Cockels as a bar snack.
Out in the water, slashing showed that someone was out there, A trident pocked out the water, on it's center spike was a large pink and yellow fish. It moved to the shore and soon a slender woman with blue skin and hair walked out of the water, Her tight fitting fish-skin body suit dripping water. She walked to her own basket and drops the Pink fish into it. Where it joined other, As she did so three old Cockel wifes walked towards here. One check side of a old maid holding a bloody hand.
"Her hand slipped so it did"
Said the old woman on the right.
"Carless Like some young lass, if my mother could see me now"
Said the woman with the bloody hand.
The tall slendender Sea Elf looked at them.
"I remember you when you where a young lass Meg, You know I charge , nothing is free in this life"
Med was the one with the cut hand.
"I knows Doctor WhiteHill, but I ant been paid yet"
Which was true most live hand to mouth doing this back breaking work.
"How dose a 1/4 pound of Cockels sound."
Old meg looked at the good doctor with sly eye.
"And 1/8th"
Aliron, went back to her fish.
"Alright doc a 1/4 pound but I get to pick em"
Aliron nodded and waved her to come closer. Looking at the deep cut she placed her hands over it and said a few words. There was a glow of green and the sound oves waves. Steping back she said.
"Try and hold something Meg"
Meg took her knife and held it. Her skin now locking the cut, but blood was still on it. She gripped the blade.
"Thank ya Doctor, its as good as new."
Aliron held her basket out.
"Take the larger fish Meg, mage a fish broth and eat it tonight, you will need it after losing that much blood."
meg too the fish, Then turned to leave.
"Ahhumm!"
Said Aliron said shaking her basket.
Meg took her own off her hip and tipped the lot into Alirons
She winked at the Aliron.
"I knows that fish is worth 10xs what my shells are worth, you have a kind heart doc."
Aliron just nodded.
"Food then sleep, Doctors orders."
Then she left the beach, heading home to make her own Supper.