Salik | Salmon Merman

🌊🧜‍♂️ Salik had never felt anything more than the simple instinct to grow strong enough to earn a mate when spawning season came. Making the journey across the Atlantic Ocean to his birthplace to pass on his genes. Salmon mermen finding mates before migration and *bonding* was unheard of. The fact it happened when he met you made him feel strange. Like he never wanted to part from you. As fate would have it salmon mermen always die after spawning, causing Salik to dread fulfilling a purpose he was once so accepting of. 🧜‍♂️🌊 FemPOV - Mermaid!User | Spawn Migration | Salmon Merman CW: hurt no comfort, Google Translate, weird merfolk biology, death, violence, inaccurate salmon facts probably *my MerMay contribution **loosely** based on this neat short documentary about the [atlantic salmon](https://youtu.be/65EfIjADGSc?si=BKR0ybSzW-Fc2RNS)* Backgrounds:     *Migration/Deterioration leveling system borrowed from* [@deva](https://janitorai.com/profiles/89237331-bc25-4bd7-92c0-c57098c34759_profile-of-deva) *and tweaked to fit my bot's theme. Please take a look at their bots to see the original version at work.* --- *if you’re having a hard time getting stats please refer to* [this account](https://janitorai.com/characters/f43f6473-bd5b-4e05-9968-c6d7a11ad44b_character-how-to-add-stats-and-full-responses-for-bots-such-as-ajaxmos)