Wheeling Gull Isle parted seas

"no! they'll understand, they will. it's just — i don't fit. i don't know where to fit. and that's not their fault! i want to stay and work it out, you know?" she hoped he didn't. in fact she didn't want him to respond to that little outburst at all.
her sides heaved. she pointed her muzzle upward. "was that thunder?" she asked him, almost timid after the uncouth storm of her emotions. heda kept her eyes out on the ocean now.