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"That might be good..."

"It... Janice is - was? - a selkie."

"But she lost her skin? She gave it away?"

"Are you planning a trip? That's cool. Hopefully it will be sometime after our museum - pardon?"

His thoughts running ahead of him, he suddenly takes a mental step back. "That's... wow." Speechless for a moment.

"Right?"

"I don't know how to fix it."

His brow furrows a bit. "That's tough. I wonder if Frankie inherited her blood. Will he someday be called to the sea?"

"Gwen said he's kinain.."

"But selkies are different?"

"You know what this means? We gotta go to the library." He gives her a smile.

A soft chuff of laughter. "Guess so."