Whitefish River Homegrown Honey

The second that charming smile appeared on his face, she could feel her face heating up beneath her coat out of embarrassment. Here she was, still so young, and having such a charming smile sent her way by a male selkie. Only, he wasn't a selkie, and the knowledge of that made her entire posture fall. Muirgen felt foolish for having even considered the idea of one of her kind roaming the land, and her disappointment showed through entirely. He had been very kind to tell her the truth rather than lie, but that didn't prevent her eyes from getting watery. She quickly blinked the tears away, not wishing to let them fall in the presence of the stranger. "I apologize for mistaking you for someone you are not," she told him. Words of encouragement went through her head, telling her that mistakes were made all the time and that she shouldn't beat herself up over it, which helped to brighten her mood. Not entirely, but enough to ensure she wouldn't start crying anytime soon. Her head nodded in response to his last words, confirming his guess of the skin on her back being related. "It is my seal skin," she explained, wishing to put her previous mistake behind her. "It keeps me connected to the sea, and allows me to see my brothers and sisters of the sea when I wish to. We selkies are not free without our skins." The last part was spoken quieter than the rest, for obvious reasons.

The selkie brought her gaze back to the man's face, after it had slowly started to drift away to look passed him. "I am grateful you did not lie to me," she told him, her earlier sadness having more or less dissolved from her voice completely. "You could have taken advantage of my lack of knowledge of this place, but I am happy you did not." So young and naive, she probably would have never seen the truth for herself had then male lied. She would have believed everything he would have said, even if her mind wished for her not to. Muirgen was a bit homesick, though she wouldn't admit it, and would take probably take even a lie.