“Nina, I doubt Rosita saw a fish girl in her well,” Grandma continued, “but it’s closed-minded to discount the possibility that there was something otherworldly about Odd Jobs Man and his bookish friends. Many claim that no animal people remain on Earth. That’s the price those spirits paid to survive us. But there must be exceptions to the rule. It’s not like they all went extinct after the joined era. So … perhaps brave ones still visit us now and then. In secret. I’d be reluctant to pester them. As the Odd Jobs Man said, discretion can be a matter of life and death.”
