Summer slipped like sand through their fingertips. Here, and then gone. Selkie was already pretty certain that she missed it, a chill hanging in the air-- something like a promise. Something like a threat. It was her first autumn, and then? Then she would be a year old. It would be an entire year very soon, that they'd been here, among the living. Something about it felt surreal, felt strange. Hey, she did too. Surreal. Strange.

Night came on sooner by the day, and Selkie hadn't realized it would get so dark so fast. The little girl had been sitting out, watching the first stars flicker to life from her spot on the beach. Sure, she's used to feeling small, but the stars? The stars make her feel even smaller. Around her, the beach finds itself coming to life. Silvery and shimmering. Above her head? Colors the likes of which she's never seen. Selkie's eyes go wide, gaze dancing. Woah.

There couldn't be anything more beautiful, she's sure of it.

SELKIE KLEIN

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Barghest padded along the edge of the beach, her paws sinking into the cool sand with each step. She moved with grace (as much as the effeminate girl could muster), her fur a patchwork of mottling under the moon's gentle glow. As she walked the beach, she caught sight of Selkie, her little sister lost in wonder beneath the starry sky.

With a soft snort, Barghest padded closer, her aqua eyes glinting with amusement as she watched Selkie marvel at the spectacle above their heads. "Well, well, what do we have here?" She murmured, her voice a low rumble. This frail sister of hers, stargazing and small. Barghest felt the intense urge to gather her up in her jaws and carry her away from reality. Mm, getting too old for fantasies.

Her tail swaying lazily behind her, the striped girl settled down beside her sister, her proximity and the warmth of her fur meant to be a comforting presence against the chill of the night. "Enjoying the view, Sel? Tell me what you’re thinking?" She asked, her tone mostly teasing but not unkind. She couldn’t be unkind to her sisters, but her brothers were another damn story.

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