A few days before Michael arrived in Kingsbridge City to have his Talent Awakening…
Beneath the bridge spanning the River Dames, a group of children played around, scavenging through the murky water. Some of them even swam in the shallow parts of the river.
They didn't seem to care about the potential dangers or diseases that they could contract by swimming or even drinking the infected water of River Dames. They didn't know better.
"Haha! I dare you to swim across!" one boy taunted.
"If you can swim to the bottom, then I'll swim across," answered another boy.
And as these rowdy boys played around, they didn't notice the presence of a creature peeking its head out of the water.
'Humans… play… fun… me too,' it muttered, but the children could hear nothing but a gurgle of unintelligible sounds rippling in the water.
"What's that sound?" one of them asked, whipping his head around the river uneasily.
"Don't tell me you're scared of that fake old story."
