Ah, suppose that is true... But will they not expect an heir? That is how some clans work, yes? It is no so much for ours', except for the, eh... main family, suppose you could say. But even then, someone stronger could come and take the power. Most just prefer it stays with the family now. Is easier that way.

[Well that might not actually be true since she only has her family's word about it to go off of, and they'd bee pretty content to have the head mermaid stay the head and continue through her family line. It wasn't like Oona herself had any worldly knowledge beyond her family's opinions there.

And who really cared about politics anyway!!]