"Aren't you Aquaman? Haven't you ever seen one?" Damian asked, dripping with sarcasm. "Like that Fish-Man Kingdom you just mentioned?"
Arthur had already realized he had made a ridiculous mistake. Even his thick skin, weathered by the sun and sea breeze, felt hot. Fortunately, his great bushy beard helped hide it.
"The people of the Fish-Man Kingdom look... different from her..." Arthur struggled to find the words. "They have humanoid upper bodies and fish tails below. Their faces retain human contours, but their whole bodies are covered in scales, their tails are fan-shaped, and they're pearly gray-white or blue-green. They're certainly elegant and noble, with an extraordinary presence, but..."
Arthur looked at the pretty little girl before him and smiled sheepishly. "Aside from the tails, their appearance... is completely different from what you see in fairy tales... They might not quite appeal to human tastes..."
If even a bearded, rough-and-tumble man like Aquaman described them as "not quite appealing to human tastes," their appearance must have truly defied description.
"Now you get it, don't you? Little Fish is completely different from your fish-people."
Miaomiao nodded too. "I'm one of the Merfolk from another world. There aren't any of my people here. I chose Wayne Manor as my home, and Bruce and the others are my family."
"Oh, of course. You're right," Arthur said stiffly. "But since you have a fish tail, you do have some connection to the ocean. I'm in charge of all the seas in this world, after all, and Gotham counts as a neighbor of the seven seas. It's reasonable enough for me to come check on you."
Being on the coast made them neighbors? Then the seven seas certainly had plenty of neighbors.
Unwilling to dwell on his embarrassing mistake, Arthur quickly changed the subject. "Aside