And now Tehk will come to the realization that… Selkie knows very little about her mom, she’s been without her and in the orphanage since she was a toddler, and only recently even learned what species she was.
Tehk had the priveledge of family that Selkie did not, until recently. And nobody knows where her mom is.
That’s what I’m reading it as, personally. Tek either calmed down and realized that he was the jerk, or someone he trusted (aunt and uncle) pointed it out, and he did some soul-searching.
I was an orphan by the time I was about six months old, so never knew my birth parents; the couple who adopted me couldn’t (for reasons elided due to a lack of space in the margins of this note) conceive, and adopted me post-haste as well as a newborn female foundling discovered in a basket on the parish priest’s front steps. Both of us knew by our first birthdays that we were adopted. As time passed I met others either fostered or adopted, and as an adult had friends who fostered or adopted others, usually children in care from a variety of backgrounds and agencies, and frequently with stories like those of the kids in this story. The stories of Selkie and Tekh and Amanda are fairly typical of some of those of my experience, and I expect that author Dave has some acquaintance with like stories, as he depicts the kids in this comic so well.
In particular, I appreciate Dave’s sense of how kids in their fixes feel.
… Oh wow. Did not see that coming. Looking forward to seeing how this conversation plays out!
And now Tehk will come to the realization that… Selkie knows very little about her mom, she’s been without her and in the orphanage since she was a toddler, and only recently even learned what species she was.
Tehk had the priveledge of family that Selkie did not, until recently. And nobody knows where her mom is.
She did tell him that when they first argued. Maybe he’s calmed down enough to process it and that’s why he’s asking.
That’s what I’m reading it as, personally. Tek either calmed down and realized that he was the jerk, or someone he trusted (aunt and uncle) pointed it out, and he did some soul-searching.
I wonder if Tehk has marginal people skills because he fended for himself for a while before his aunt and uncle found him
Well-played, Dave.
The kids’ll be alright. <3
I was an orphan by the time I was about six months old, so never knew my birth parents; the couple who adopted me couldn’t (for reasons elided due to a lack of space in the margins of this note) conceive, and adopted me post-haste as well as a newborn female foundling discovered in a basket on the parish priest’s front steps. Both of us knew by our first birthdays that we were adopted. As time passed I met others either fostered or adopted, and as an adult had friends who fostered or adopted others, usually children in care from a variety of backgrounds and agencies, and frequently with stories like those of the kids in this story. The stories of Selkie and Tekh and Amanda are fairly typical of some of those of my experience, and I expect that author Dave has some acquaintance with like stories, as he depicts the kids in this comic so well.
In particular, I appreciate Dave’s sense of how kids in their fixes feel.
I love Selkie.
I’ve ever been right about the way this comic plots go, but I’m really, really, hoping that I’m wrong about how this will play out.
Damn Otto Carrot, that was supposed to be: I’m never know how the twists will go. Not ever.