Ravensblood Forest I Will Fall Asleep

While the other's culture tossed away all knowledge of relations between males, her own was something of the opposite. Everyone was related through the sea god Lir and the seals in spirit, and no one was ever tossed aside due to their gender. She could name her brothers and father, as well as all other males from her rookery, just as well as she could the women the girls. "I thank you," Muirgen said, as happy as ever to be returning home at last. "For being willing to lead me back to the sea and his land." For the selkie, the sea was not a Mother, but a Father instead, as Lir was not only the god of it, but the personified version of it as well. She would never believe otherwise, but decided against sharing her views with the other girl out of both respect to her beliefs, and to the fact that she wished not to offend anyone she came across.

"The sea is all I seek, yes," she answered. She sought to see the seals as well, if there were any, and to make a home for herself there among or close to them. Muirgen did not add this in, but instead kept it within her own mind. Her head turned to follow the slender female as she circled her, curious about what she might be searching for. When she made a comment about her skin being a gift, the seal girl had to quickly shake her head. "I bring no gift." Inside, she hoped that the other would not change her mind about taking her to the ocean after learning she had no gift to give, but her exterior kept the same appearance as before. She looked back at her seal skin for a second before returning her gaze to the other. "This is my skin, something all selkies possess. They allow us to return to the sea, to our home." A selkie without their skin was just a creature full of a deep sorrow, since without one's skin, they can not return to their home.