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* TheyCalledMeMad: [[spoiler:Dr. Kennedy was one of Dr. Milligan's friends who saw Galen and Rayna. Unlike Dr. Milligan, he told everyone, but no one believed him. He developed a reputation as an insane "mermaid hunter," and his academic career was destroyed. By the time he finally finds proof of the Syrena in Neptune, he blames them for ruining his life and gets revenge by kidnapping and beating Galen and Reed.]]
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* TheyCalledMeMad: [[spoiler:Dr. Kennedy Kennedy]] was one of Dr. Milligan's friends who saw Galen and Rayna. Unlike Dr. Milligan, he told everyone, but no one believed him. He developed a reputation as an insane "mermaid hunter," and his academic career was destroyed. By the time he finally finds proof of the Syrena in Neptune, he blames them for ruining his life and gets revenge by kidnapping and beating Galen and Reed.]]
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* HalfHumanHybrid: In ''Of Poseidon'', Dr. Milligan runs some tests and X-rays on Emma and finds that her heart rate and bone structures are halfway between that of a human and a Syrena. He concludes that she must be a hybrid, even though it's strictly forbidden for Syrena to mate with humans. Genetic tests confirm that half her genome comes from each species. [[spoiler:It turns out Emma's mother is the long-vanished Syrena princess Nalia.]]
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** In ''Of Poseidon'', Dr. Milligan runs some tests and X-rays on Emma and finds that her heart rate and bone structures are halfway between that of a human and a Syrena. He concludes that she must be a hybrid, even though it's strictly forbidden for Syrena to mate with humans. Genetic tests confirm that half her genome comes from each species. [[spoiler:It turns out Emma's mother is the long-vanished Syrena princess Nalia.]]
** In ''Of Neptune'', [[spoiler:Emma and Galen discover Neptune, Tennessee, a whole town of freshwater Syrena who live in harmony with humans. Most of the inhabitants are of mixed ancestry. They live far away from the ocean so the Syrena won't wipe them out. Reder tells Emma that there are similar towns around the world, but he doesn't know how many.]]
** In ''Of Poseidon'', Dr. Milligan runs some tests and X-rays on Emma and finds that her heart rate and bone structures are halfway between that of a human and a Syrena. He concludes that she must be a hybrid, even though it's strictly forbidden for Syrena to mate with humans. Genetic tests confirm that half her genome comes from each species. [[spoiler:It turns out Emma's mother is the long-vanished Syrena princess Nalia.]]
** In ''Of Neptune'', [[spoiler:Emma and Galen discover Neptune, Tennessee, a whole town of freshwater Syrena who live in harmony with humans. Most of the inhabitants are of mixed ancestry. They live far away from the ocean so the Syrena won't wipe them out. Reder tells Emma that there are similar towns around the world, but he doesn't know how many.]]
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* TheyCalledMeMad: [[spoiler:Dr. Kennedy was one of Dr. Milligan's friends who saw Galen and Rayna. Unlike Dr. Milligan, he told everyone, but no one believed him. He developed a reputation as an insane "mermaid hunter," and his academic career was destroyed. By the time he finally finds proof of the Syrena in Neptune, he blames them for ruining his life and gets revenge by kidnapping and beating Galen and Reed.]]
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* ImpaledPalm: While Tyrden is interrogating Reed and Galen in ''Of Neptune'', he shoots Reed through the palm to show what will happen if they lie.
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* PunchAWall: During Galen's temporary break-up with Emma in ''Of Neptune'', he punches a tree until the bark wears off.
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* CutHimselfShaving: In ''Of Neptune'', Tyrden tells Emma his injuries from [[spoiler:fighting Galen, whom he kidnapped]] are from falling downstairs.
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* IntriguedByHumanity: Rayna collects human junk from shipwrecks and shipping routes.
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* IntriguedByHumanity: Rayna collects human junk from shipwrecks and shipping routes. [[spoiler:Nalia also used to collect human things. After she disappeared, her father, King Antonis, suspected she'd gone on land.]]
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* AffectionateNickname: Galen calls Emma "Angelfish."
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* NeverFoundTheBody: In the 1940s, Galen's brother Grom was betrothed to Nalia, princess of Poseidon. They were deeply in love, until they accidentally set off a mine left by humans. In the aftermath of the explosion, Grom couldn't sense Nalia anymore. When her body was never recovered, everyone assumed she'd been blown to bits. Grom spent the next seventy years grieving. [[spoiler:It turns out his senses were discombobulated by the explosion. Nalia survived and, thinking Grom was dead, went on land to live as the human Natalie before either she or Grom could recover enough to sense each other. The two are finally reunited in ''Of Triton''.]]
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: When Emma and Chloe were in ninth grade, they baked laxative-laced cookies for their science teacher so they could get more time to study for an exam.
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* TheBeastmaster: Emma has the Gift of Poseidon, which means that sea creatures obey her commands, including marine birds like penguins.
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* TheBeastmaster: Emma has the Gift of Poseidon, which means that sea creatures obey her commands, including marine birds like penguins. She first used her gift at age four, when she almost drowned in her grandmother's pond and the fish saved her.
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* YourMakeupIsRunning: In ''Of Triton'', Emma's mom cries trails of mascara down her cheeks when [[spoiler:she's reunited with Grom after seventy years of them both thinking each other were dead]].
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* TheKindnapper: In ''Of Triton'', [[spoiler:Nalia has spent the last seventy years living on land and thinking Grom, the Syrena she loved, was dead. When Galen blows Nalia's cover and then leaves her with Rayna while he fetches Grom, Nalia thinks that Grom is actually an imposter who means her and Emma harm. She chloroforms Emma and Rayna and leaves Rayna BoundAndGagged while she takes Emma on an involuntary road trip. When Emma tries to contact Galen, Nalia thinks Galen has manipulated her and supervises her more strictly so she can't do it again. The two of them spend several days driving from one dumpy motel to another before Rachel tracks them down.]]
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* HowDadMetMom: In ''Of Triton'', Emma's mother tells her the story of how she met her unnamed father, who died of cancer two and a half years ago. [[spoiler:Nalia, living as the human Natalie, was working at a freak show in a mermaid costume. Her future husband saw her swimming in the tank and asked her on a date. While he was walking her home, he told her he had seen her breathing underwater. Nalia, in a panic, tried to mug him. Instead of giving her his wallet, the man offered her a deal: he would give her money and place to stay and never tell anyone her secret, and in exchange she would let him study her. The two became close friends, although they were never in love. After Emma was conceived in what Nalia calls a moment of weakness, they entered a MarriageOfConvenience.]]
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* CollateralDamage: In ''Of Triton'', Rayna uses the Gift of Triton to flood the island of Kanton in order to rescue Jagen and Musa, two Syrena who have been taken prisoner by humans. Rachel scatters life jackets around to prevent any humans from drowning. But [[spoiler:Rachel is captured by humans and locked in a room with bars. By the time the Syrena realize what happened, she has already drowned]].
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* MakingASplash: The Gift of Triton allows a Syrena to use their voice to control water. In ''Of Triton'', Rayna develops a mysterious throat ailment that turns out to be her developing Gift. Once she gains control of it, she uses it to [[spoiler:flood Kanton in order to rescue Jagen and Musa from the humans who have captured them]].
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* MakingASplash: The Gift of Triton allows a Syrena to use their voice to control water. In ''Of Triton'', Rayna develops a mysterious throat ailment that turns out to be her developing Gift. Once she gains control of it, she uses it to [[spoiler:flood Kanton in order to rescue Jagen and Musa from the humans who have captured them]].flood Kanton.
