Status Updates From The Fisherman And His Soul

i’m reading this because i saw a tiktok that recommended books based on your favourite barbie movie and this was one of the recommendations for barbie and the island princess

Yet never did she rise out of the sea to meet him, not in any place of the sea could he find her, though he sought for her in the rivers of the sea, and in the valleys that are under the waves, in the sea that the night makes purple, and in the sea that the dawn leaves grey.

And ever did his Soul tempt him by the way, but he made it no answer, nor would he do any of the wickedness that it sought to make him to do, so great was the power of the love that was within him.
And when he reached the shore of the sea, he loosed the cord from his hands, and took seal of silence from his lips, and called to the little Mermaid. But she came not to his call, though he called to her all day long...