Myca jumped, clapping his hands over his mouth to keep from making some shocked sound. A selkie! He's heard of them but he didn't know if he'd ever met any. How would he? It doesn't make sense to be in the deep of the ocean in a human form. Swimming is so much easier with fins and flippers!

More importantly, would talking to him in this form harm him? Myca wasn't sure. A human shape doesn't make the selkie human. He's still a creature of the sea, right? Sea creatures weren't wired to drown.

Swallowing hard, Myca blinked away his surprise and exhaled.

"Selkie?" he whispered oh-so-softly.