Robin Isn't Magic

"The crowbar broke the soft, human skin Jason was forced to endure on land. When he was a mermaid, before the traffickers got to him and before he escaped to the streets, his naturally hard skin would pulsate in the heavy pressures of the deep. With scales as tough as steel and fins of cartilage, his body could have taken a hefty bashing.

But humans worked differently. They were much more fragile."

[whumptober day fifteen]