Soft but Feared

"You're panicking too much, Margareth," a man approached the woman, touching her shoulder to calm her down. "Take it easy. Right now, we must band together and think of ways to survive. Take pity on your daughter!"

Margareth looked down, gazing sadly at her daughter.

The little girl also looked at her mother with uncertainty, her mother's soft and warm touch on her head giving her the calm she needed.

"It's okay," Margareth whispered to her daughter. "Everything will be okay."

“Do you have any ideas, Mr. Owner?” Mathias asked the ship owner again. “It would be difficult for these people to survive in this area.”

“Uh-huh, I guess so,” the owner sighed heavily with his hands on his waist and looked around. “Yeah, you're right.”

“Hey,” a middle-aged man approached the ship owner and Mathias. “Can't we use those houses? I'm sure we can warm up the inside one way or another.”

“No, that's too risky,” Mathias said. “Those creatures might live in the sea, but there's no guarantee they won't c