Arin

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Tetra begins exploring the undersea on his own and meets Arin, a Simic scientist who teaches Tetra about the surface while keeping him away from the guild's more dangerous projects.

The closest "surface" settlement to the sea elves was Zonot 7; the simic combine's headquaters. Located in the middle of Precinct 5, this compound spans both above water and below it, and is one of the only large bodies of water and District 10 (Ravnica's capital). When exploring near this area, Tetra was met only by resistance: the importance of the simic combine's work there made most places "too dangerous" or "a restricted area" or "none of your business, kid". There was, however, one scientist who took Tetra seriously: a simic hybrid by the name of Arin. After hearing Tetra's story, Arin sympathized with him; she herself had been captivated by the water when she was younger, and had undergone the transition from elf to simic hybrid to spend more time underwater (in fact, her transmutations made her not too different from a sea elf). But she was also more levelheaded than Tetra, and saw a few flaws in his plan. Ravnica was still recovering from the fights that broke out once the guildpact broke, and if Tetra kept bothering her colleagues he was bound get into trouble: trouble that could prove deadly were he to accidentally provoke a Krasis. So, Arin took it upon herself to distract Tetra, getting him involved with some of her own projects and steering him away from more potentially dangerous ones. She also showed Tetra around the surface for short trips, knowing that just as she needed time to grow accustomed to breathing water over extended periods, he would need time to grow accustomed to breathing air over extended periods.