Some time after the Old Sea dried up & the Old Mermaids washed up on the shores of the New Desert, Grand Mother Yemaya Mermaid decided she wanted to find a way to comfort the Old Mermaids who were far from home & lonesome for Old Friends & the Old Sea, so she made them quilts using only the threads of a story & pieces of the desert to create healing & magic that would last forever. (short story)