#context undercut

context,

trey who loves jade's beautiful legs so much

the irony of loving a mermaid for their legs

jade who would often guilt trip trey for it to get his way sometimes like, ✯ " trey-san, do u know how painful it was when our tail first split in two ? " ✯ " trey-san, do u know how horrible the taste of the potion i have to drink everyday to be with you is ? " ✯ " trey-san, do u think u can do the same, drinking these horrible potions everyday & throwing aside everything u have on land, to live in the ocean with me ? "

while it's part of trey's personality not to have his action focused driven by whatever love is, i think that's also part of the reason why trey doesn't really actively demand to 'tie down' jade to be with him

jade can go back to the sea anytime he wants, jade can return to him whenever he wants