Then we'll need to be quick. [bleakly] There's only so many of us, and them now.

[ Salt water, fresh water. Right now, water is water and it's clear the merfolk are struggling on land. Coming here did not grant these now-refugees legs, so they must make do with what's available.

And it helps that at least the adult mermaids are mostly coherent. Trinket looks unhappy to have to wade in and out of the water again, but there's clear relief in the stranded water beings to at least be somewhere familiar.

But it's painfully slow going. ]

..who.. thought this..was a good idea.. dropping them here as well..