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WHO: Aislinn McKendrick, Ceana, Bertie Harrington-Potter
WHAT: SELKIES
WHEN: Friday afternoon
WHERE: Central Park Zoo



Aislinn was going about her daily business, taking care of the animals she was charged with. She watched the seal's swim happily around in their tank while she prepared their food. It was only while she was carrying the buckets of fish over to the door that she felt something familiar and strong.

She ducked, bucketless, out of the back room and outside the tank. There, gazing into it, was a red-haired woman beside a man who was clearly a mortal. The woman wasn't though. She was something else. She was like Aislinn.

Aislinn darted forward and she reached out for the woman's hand. "HI!" she said brightly. She could smell that the woman was her kind.

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Bertie was brimming with questions for Aislinn, but was swiftly distracted by the prospect of petting seals. He was a man of science, but...seals! "Oooh, can I really?!"

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Ceana wasn't sure how to answer Aislinn's question and so she was silent for a few moments, letting Bertie's excitement about the seals happen instead. Then she said sadly, "Bertie has my skin."

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"Of course you can- What!?" Aislinn exclaimed, utterly shocked. "He what?" and then she swatted Bertie's arm, albeit lightly. "Maybe you can't pet the seals," she said as if it was some kind of horrible torture.

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"I'm not keeping her skin forever!" Bertie protested, shoulders coming up around his ears. "Just for a little while!"

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Ceana looked mournfully at her husband and then down to the floor without a word. She couldn't bring herself to speak against him, this man who was her keeper now; she was myth and bound by certain laws. She didn't know if they bound all her kind the same, but for Ceana it was simple: she couldn't bring harm to Bertie and she would always protect him from anyone else trying to hurt him. She was Bertie's and so he was hers to take care of, just as a wife should.

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Aislinn narrowed her eyes at Bertie. She didn't like the idea that someone would steal their skin; to own them. It was horrible. Whenever Aislinn had been on land, it had been for love.

"Fine, you can pet the seals, but I'm watching you," she informed him.

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"I-I just found her skin!" Bertie said, flailing a little. "And, you know, she's fantastic and a selkie and I like her very much, but I'm going to give it back someday!"

He did not like feeling guilty.