They Come in 3s: Part 2

I returned to that pier the next day. Again, I was greeted by my cetacean Master of Ceremonies, who performed his perfunctory gesture, leaving me drenched in spittle from his blow-hole.

"Oh, you rogue!" I laughed. The porpoise returned my laugh with its cackle, then arced into the air to dive back into the water. The dive was smooth; the water's surface lay undisturbed.

Yet, I was excited in anticipation because the last time this had happened, I was soon visited by a mermaid. I awaited the tell-tale bubbles effervescing to the surface. The waters remained inert. I looked for the tell-tale circular and expanding migrations, obeying π, but I remembered yesterday's miracle that had taught me my epiphany: to ignore the geometry of this world and be astute to what transpires in the otherworldly æther.

Then, Oh! There ensued perturbations! These, however, were different.

In silent protrusion arose, upward, three vertical shafts. They continued to rise, perfectly aligned, parallel, until a base supporting all three manifested. From there, another vertical shaft, raising the entire construct into the obvious — a Trident, balancing in scaly grasp by its wielder, Poseidon.

I knew from my lessons as a child, Trident was his greatest weapon, a lightning bolt from when he was the god of the skies — sublimating into gold and diamond from its original form when Zeus, his jealous brother, had cast him into the seas. The entire scenario spoke volumes about envy and family. God knows I had my own bitter story to tell about a brother, my estranged brother. But here, presenting as my peril, Trident had the power to smite me.

Or not.

"Oh, spare me!" I shouted.

"What is the one thing you can reveal to me to spare you?" roared the god. "I need a miracle!"

I quaked. I recalled the mermaid's message about miracles coming in threes. I required a second miracle, so I pushed aside my physical realities of immediate danger. Thereby, I produced my own miracle, the second in as many days.

I simply said, "Brother, I forgive you." Said to my own brother, the sea god submerged to address his own.

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