Madness string 312

Random mermaid
His ears were burning, but was he blushing, or did someone light them on fire? Do not look too closely at the gasoline can.

'If only'... if only. Does it go the other way? Is that what people mean, 'only if'? Only if it had transpired thusly, things would have been better... but so many other factors could have improved them; they just didn't.