#thankfully it doesnt form a crust like sea turtles and their thick eye goop

[rxttenfish]

also yes the big long noodle in front of miranda's eyes is a salt organ. its specifically to remove excess salt from her body, which is necessary as a saltwater animal, and its basically a modified tear duct.

the fun thing about her salt organ, though, is that merfolk can launch/spit the salt on command. its not really an adaptation, just a quirk of their biology, but there ARE merfolk who can and would spit that salt at landfolk as an insult. since it comes out basically as semi-liquid hypersaline eye goop, it CAN get into other people's eyes and stings like a motherfucker.

unfortunately, miranda would never do this. because shes a proper and polite little princess. and its kinda gross.

#all the care guide says is 'biomass' #alas..... miri would not spit in someone's face confirm #it is liquid too! just barely. #there is in fact some of the liquid that coats their eyes proper mixed in there #and thats neat because it is SUPER thick. incredibly thick eye goop. #thick enough to make people weird about how little miranda seems to blink #(not helped by her nictitating membranes either) #but since its there to keep the eye lubricated in the fucking OCEAN. yeah its very fuckin thick and not prone to #getting washed out or drying up #thankfully it doesnt form a crust like sea turtles and their thick eye goop #because. well. merfolk have hands. #and are intelligent enough to wipe it away on their own and keep clean of their own accord #so no crusty white lapdog eyes for miri #though when she gets sick the salt organ can start overproducing and That Sucks #Monster Prom