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It was a warm day beneath the surface, a strong southern current had finally brought the summer heat and the weather was perfect. Reef City felt almost deserted to the lonesome guard watching over the peaceful capital of the Coral Empire. Everybody had gone home to enjoy some rest and a good meal. It was almost time for the "Welcoming Feast" and the whole city had gone crazy with the preparations. Every year, when the currents turned warm and the surface grew calm, a feeling of expectation started to brew in the hearts of the merfolk and tensions grew more and more for each passing day. Then out of the blue, literally, came the whales... and the celebrations started. For one week everybody ate and drank, sang and danced and swam as the giant creatures grazed on the plankton that filled the waters above the city. But it lasted only a week, every year the whales stayed only one week before moving on, on their journey to the northern seas. And every year some of the youths, made the journey with the whales as a rite of passage. You didn't have to go, but those who went talked about it for years to come. The lonesome guard sighed; maybe he'd go this year and ride the currents across the oceans...

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It was a warm day beneath the surface, a strong southern current had finally brought the summer heat and the weather was perfect. Reef City felt almost deserted to the lonesome guard watching over the peaceful capital of the Coral Empire. Everybody had gone home to enjoy some rest and a good meal. It was almost time for the "Welcoming Feast" and the whole city had gone crazy with the preparations. Every year, when the currents turned warm and the surface grew calm, a feeling of expectation started to brew in the hearts of the merfolk and tensions grew more and more for each passing day. Then out of the blue, literally, came the whales... and the celebrations started. For one week everybody ate and drank, sang and danced and swam as the giant creatures grazed on the plankton that filled the waters above the city. But it lasted only a week, every year the whales stayed only one week before moving on, on their journey to the northern seas. And every year some of the youths, made the journey with the whales as a rite of passage. You didn't have to go, but those who went talked about it for years to come. The lonesome guard sighed; maybe he'd go this year and ride the currents across the oceans...