Madness string 21761

Random mermaid
The first time gives them the ultimate high, and after that no high is as good. Unfortunately the addict doesn't know that. He will chase that high to the gates of insanity and death.

When I was little, I would read the leaves. The veins were lines, the patterns stories, the intricacies were the pasts and presents and futures of all my little worlds. I also sometimes made sandwiches out of them.