"Must be nice," Jer sighed, observing a merman in the lagoon below feeding his infant.
"Yeah. Wish more human men were into childcare. My ex vowed to never touch a diaper. VOWED."
"Oh, that too, but I meant raising a kid underwater. You never have to worry about dropping them or them falling off stuff. They just... float."
"What if they float AWAY because you forget to tether them?"
"Urg... Is parenting ever NOT stressful?!"
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