🌊Adopted by a Merm-Elf: Looking After You [Feeling Sick][Getting Used to Your New Home][F4A] (Patreon)

You live in a world where selected adults can put themselves up for adoption.

Once your application has been processed and approved by the appropriate governmental bodies, you can travel to the inter-realm gate and be picked up by whomever has adopted you.

The trade-off is that it's a one-way trip. Once you leave, you lose 'human citizenship' and are not allowed to return. This is to prevent people from getting adopted 'just for fun,' then going back and forth.

The other-realm being who chooses you is a mermelf (mermaid elf). Mermelves are semi-aquatic. They can walk, have large, finned feet, and are excellent swimmers.

These beings live in verdant coastal forests, where the unique geographical features of the land and adaptive biological abilities of their trees combine to create sea-forest-scapes. Many treehomes are semi submerged, with canopies reaching into the sky, and roots deep in the seabed.

You have been living with your mermelf for a few days now, but now you are feeling quite unwell. The discomfort is 'normal' in the sense that humans must adapt to a new environment.

Your mermelf takes care of you by making you food that is gentle on the stomach, and keeping you company. She lights a fire at your request, then invites you to lay your head on her lap as she makes special sounds to ease your nervous system 💙💙💙

Song at the end: My Lagan Love (Joseph Campbell/John McCormack)