2/25/2026, 8:22 PM
Reunited with mathair- and, slowly, with the rest of his siblings- Selkie scrambled to a better position on her flank to survey the room. Three of the big Others were lined up staring, tails wagging, and Selkie's wagged too as he imitated their look with large dark eyes. The smells and sounds weren't as smelly or loud anymore, but still more than he had ever imagined could exist, and he shivered in a gust of cold air when a big dark shape barged through the doorway.
But didn't stop staring, or wagging. So many faces Selkie didn't know, and he drank them all in with eyes that had just started to figure out how to pick out finer detail. Vater was down there doing something Selkie did not understand- jumping from side to side and wiggling, like he was caught in the bad sack instead- and unblinking Selkie started to wriggle and imitate the movement, paws kneading on soft grey flank, until mathair lunged away and dumped him ungracefully on the floor.
Selkie made a yipped sound of protest when his chin clipped the wood, and squirmed himself to his paws, squinting wetly in irritation. But his attention was quickly captured by the little brown creature he found much more interesting than complaining.
He sniffed at it, and then at the smelly round dark objects it had tucked by mathair's side, and crept forward with hunched shoulders to chew.
But didn't stop staring, or wagging. So many faces Selkie didn't know, and he drank them all in with eyes that had just started to figure out how to pick out finer detail. Vater was down there doing something Selkie did not understand- jumping from side to side and wiggling, like he was caught in the bad sack instead- and unblinking Selkie started to wriggle and imitate the movement, paws kneading on soft grey flank, until mathair lunged away and dumped him ungracefully on the floor.
Selkie made a yipped sound of protest when his chin clipped the wood, and squirmed himself to his paws, squinting wetly in irritation. But his attention was quickly captured by the little brown creature he found much more interesting than complaining.
He sniffed at it, and then at the smelly round dark objects it had tucked by mathair's side, and crept forward with hunched shoulders to chew.
