Some time after the Old Sea dried up and the Old Mermaids washed up on the shores of the New Desert, Grand Mother Yemaya Mermaid decided she wanted to find a way to comfort the Old Mermaids who were far from home and lonesome for Old Friends and the Old Sea, so she made them quilts using only the threads of a story and pieces of the desert to create healing and magic that would last forever. (short story)
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