Merparent

After a while the distressed merparents came in search of their lost child.

He wiped milk from his eyebrows and wondered if merparents spanked their children.

A steady stream of merparents and merstudents floated in.

“Pops, he’s a fine young man and smart, too. Besides, he has merparents.” “A human with merparents? That’s impossible! I suppose you’ll tell me next he’s planning to grow a tail.”