[quote=Tachi]
@Descartes: To be honest, this isn't the right sort of thing for the "hundreds of babies, only a few survive" trait of some fish to be applied to mermaids (not that they have the predators required for it anyway). Also, not that it really matters, but these are sapient humanoids, even if that particular bit's a fish trait, child protective services would probably step in before hundreds of children die from their parents being unable to raise them.
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The part with many eggs is to play up the fact that my character is one quarter fish. It would have been too cheap for my character just to be a human with fins, and I felt like adding that little blurb about her childhood added a bit of depth to the character.