[ TT ] World leaders are meeting to discuss international whaling laws . For once , a representative of the Merpeople has been invited .

`` Though I stand before you with two legs on solid ground, I am not a man. I am a creature of the sea. I come from the dark depths far beyond the realm of earth and sky. Though our worlds are separated by a thousand leagues and countless years of isolation, we are inexorably linked. What you have done here, on the surface, has had a grievous consequence for the merpeople of my home. Every one of your boats that cuts through our waters, your barrels of black ichor that overturns, or your trash that floats above our aquatic kingdom, all of this is nothing less than attack on our kingdom.'' 
 
 `` And yet, we have remained silent and separate from your petty concerns. Even though your pollution follows the tides to the borders of our kingdom, the bleak bright world of the surface is distant from the coral spires of my home. My people prefer to not interact with such dull narrow minded beings. For many years, we had no interest in interfering in the foolish squabbles of your warlike race.'' 
 
 `` That is, until you began your merciless slaughter of the only other intelligent beings with which we share this planet: the noble whale. A creature that has lived in the waters of this world for far longer than us humanoids. A creature whose song has echoed through the waves and continued through countless centuries. They have survived extinction after extinction of lesser beings, to fill the sea with their haunting tones. They are an immortal reminder to the certainty of one unenviable fact: that we are not the pinnacle of evolution in this place, we are but witnesses to its beauty.'' 
 
 `` My people have never killed a whale. We have never feasted upon their meat or subverted their flesh for mechanical abominations. We have protected then when we could. You surface dwellers will never know the cost your sailors have endured for their arrogance and the dark graves they keep under the ocean's depth. But our actions are no longer enough. Last week, our scientists shared with the royal family their latest findings. We can no longer hope to stem the tide of human barbarity against whale populations. Soon, there will be none left. Soon, the oceans will be silent. Soon, we will have lost the last connection to the ancient water world that existed eons ago.'' 
 
 `` So, we have broken our silence. I, Prince [ unintelligible sound ], have arrived here at this conference of your worlds greatest scientists from its most powerful nations with one single plea: Save these whales. Forbid the murder of these wondrous beasts. Protect the waters in which they swim. For once, turn your great technological prowess not to bending the world to your will, but to devoting your will to the world.'' 
 
 `` All I can ask is that you heed my words, but I do give one solemn warning to those who live in the air and sunshine of the world above. You now know that you are not alone on this planet. You now know that there are depths to the ocean that you have never seen. That there are parts of this world that lay far beyond your understanding and your power. To upset the balance ages in the making, to impose your terrible ambition onto a planet that you can not comprehend, risks awakening dangers beyond your ken. When this finally happens, when the darkness no longer hears the calming music of the whales above, we will not stand with you. We will not help you in that battle.'' 
 
 `` And neither will we stand aside. For we will have no choice, but to serve our masters, as you have so selfishly served your own relentless search for greatness. We will come, and you will fall.'' 
 
 `` Take heed humans, your time may be short.''
