It is different (don’t worry, I saw the jk!) – but it’s really hard to describe! Best I can say is it’s a different pitch. And intensity. And more prolonged, usually. (I keep geese and have unfortunately dealt with the neighbor’s dogs killing some.)
I looked up [scuba breath control exercise], and found that you’re supposed to pause after inhaling, keeping your throat open. When I try this, it doesn’t make any extra sound. Is Todd doing something different?
Why would Avery call her Nei Li and then switch to Selkie? I thought she decided that both were her name?
Did I miss something?
Why is Todd wearing a wetsuit, btw? Is Selkie more adapted to cold temperatures? (I thought they went through winter in a torpor) You’d think he’d be barbecuing in a warm pool in that suit (I can handle about 20 minutes in a warm pool in mine before I become a sweat milkshake.)
I’d assume that the secret city probably has a heating system set up to keep it at a tolerable level for activity. Todd would also need a wet/dry suit to stay safe in the water since it helps keep him a little buoyant and since this might be a bit of a formal meeting with the sanctuary it would be best not to go in nothing but swim trunks.
For SCUBA you’re safest at neutral buoyancy. Going up too fast is bad; even with recreational diving, you’re supposed to make a “safety stop” – 3 minutes at 15 feet. This is harder in a wet suit (see below).
If you get flustered at finding yourself rising, and hold your breath, it can be extremely bad (lung damage).
A wet suit has tiny air bubbles that compress as you go down. When you start to rise, the bubbles expand and make you more buoyant. This makes you rise more. Below about 30 feet it’s not so bad, but still, it’s easier to keep at the level you want to stay at if you’re not wearing a wet suit.
SCUBA divers wear a weight belt, to compensate for the buoyancy of their tank, their body, and their wet/dry suit if they have one. If they ever needed to go up fast, it’s a one-hand release on the belt. But several things have to go wrong for that to ever be a good idea.
This compensation is done through your BCD, the weight belt is only jettisoned in case of emergency. In any case the purpose of the wetsuit is insulation, not buoyancy. The air bubbles you speak of are in a dry-suit, not a wetsuit, and the negligible buoyancy of a dry suit is counteracted easily by the tank and regulator you’re carrying.
perhaps he´s using her ‘human’ name because he doesn´t want everyone to know who her mom is? you know, maybe other refugees (or agents!) know that a neigh li is the daughter of that resistance leader…which might not be a good thing.
That’s a possibility. In any case Selkie doesn’t use Plo Quar’s family name anyway. I wonder if the refugees will know the connection to her mother anyway?
I was assuming they would know who Plo Quar was, but the fact that Selkie is her kid might not be that obvious. Pohl and Sai Fen didn’t realize it was Selkie’s mom until they were told.
I have no way of telling if one Sarnothi is related to another; hell, I have a hard time telling if one HUMAN is related to another.
hmm. my first response dissipated into the aether, so I’ll try again: I’m am pretty dang sure Pohl didn’t recognize her as actually being Plo Quar’s “DAUGHTER”, but only that he recognized her as being of Clan Jin’Sorai… which as we’ve found out has been pretty much wiped out in the civil war… so seeing a child of a Clan Jin’Sorai family without the parents… AND also being adopted by HUMANS… well, that’ll make it stick out in his mind for sure.
He was used to calling her Nei Li from before she came to the orphanage. I’m guessing at some point she told him her preferred version is Selkie Nei Li Smith (sorry I don’t have the link right now for that strip) and so he’s trying to be respectful by using her preferred first name
Since he’s training for exposure to the “underwater refuge facility,” that suit makes some sense. If that facility is at the bottom of one of the Great Lakes, those are pretty chilly at the best of times. Maybe the extra warmth is why he sounds like a “dying goose” – which is indeed an impressive simile for an eight y.o. to pull up 🙂
As much as I love your comic I wasn’t looking forward to an archive crawl. Don’t get me wrong, I’d do it gladly for fun but doing it while looking for something I may have typed seemed too much like work to be fun.
I must admit to being confused. I reread that comic and the two after it and the comments (and wow, what well thought out though emotionally charged pieces they are!) but saw nothing about Tuesdays?
Oh, God, I hated that comic. She looks so sad and helpless.
I can’t believe the dumbasses in that office, the FIRST thing I’d do is give her something to wear. Even if I had to ask George for his shirt (which, I’m sure, he’d give to her with no worries.)
wait, I’ve heard of regular nude times at public pools, Mister Rogers enjoyed them daily, but… only topless? that’s kind of odd.. plus it’s legal anywhere in Madison, I dunno how far they are from there.
Check for natural hot springs near you. Many of them don’t use chemicals because they don’t want to interfere with the claims of water in its natural state.
wait, breathing exercises!?! Since when are there breathing exercises for scuba diving? Is this like extra training for advanced scuba? because I remember nothing about this.
If you have trouble with the regulator you will get mouth breathing exercises. They generally don’t make you sound like dying waterfowl, but they DO exist.
In the comments to #900, Dizzy wrote about the incident that triggered the war: “I hope Todd doesn’t feel guilty over what two people completely unrelated to him did”
Plot twist: the fisherman was Todd’s biological father.
That’s pretty cool to know. XD But man,dying goose. What the heck does that sound like? XD
Unpleasant. High-pitched drawn-out cross between a shriek and a honk.
So not much different then how they sound normally? XD Jk.
It is different (don’t worry, I saw the jk!) – but it’s really hard to describe! Best I can say is it’s a different pitch. And intensity. And more prolonged, usually. (I keep geese and have unfortunately dealt with the neighbor’s dogs killing some.)
I looked up [scuba breath control exercise], and found that you’re supposed to pause after inhaling, keeping your throat open. When I try this, it doesn’t make any extra sound. Is Todd doing something different?
Why would Avery call her Nei Li and then switch to Selkie? I thought she decided that both were her name?
Did I miss something?
Why is Todd wearing a wetsuit, btw? Is Selkie more adapted to cold temperatures? (I thought they went through winter in a torpor) You’d think he’d be barbecuing in a warm pool in that suit (I can handle about 20 minutes in a warm pool in mine before I become a sweat milkshake.)
I’d assume that the secret city probably has a heating system set up to keep it at a tolerable level for activity. Todd would also need a wet/dry suit to stay safe in the water since it helps keep him a little buoyant and since this might be a bit of a formal meeting with the sanctuary it would be best not to go in nothing but swim trunks.
For SCUBA you’re safest at neutral buoyancy. Going up too fast is bad; even with recreational diving, you’re supposed to make a “safety stop” – 3 minutes at 15 feet. This is harder in a wet suit (see below).
If you get flustered at finding yourself rising, and hold your breath, it can be extremely bad (lung damage).
A wet suit has tiny air bubbles that compress as you go down. When you start to rise, the bubbles expand and make you more buoyant. This makes you rise more. Below about 30 feet it’s not so bad, but still, it’s easier to keep at the level you want to stay at if you’re not wearing a wet suit.
SCUBA divers wear a weight belt, to compensate for the buoyancy of their tank, their body, and their wet/dry suit if they have one. If they ever needed to go up fast, it’s a one-hand release on the belt. But several things have to go wrong for that to ever be a good idea.
This compensation is done through your BCD, the weight belt is only jettisoned in case of emergency. In any case the purpose of the wetsuit is insulation, not buoyancy. The air bubbles you speak of are in a dry-suit, not a wetsuit, and the negligible buoyancy of a dry suit is counteracted easily by the tank and regulator you’re carrying.
perhaps he´s using her ‘human’ name because he doesn´t want everyone to know who her mom is? you know, maybe other refugees (or agents!) know that a neigh li is the daughter of that resistance leader…which might not be a good thing.
That’s a possibility. In any case Selkie doesn’t use Plo Quar’s family name anyway. I wonder if the refugees will know the connection to her mother anyway?
considerign that pohl recognised her right way, i´d say thats a given – mommy seems pretty (in)famous.
I was assuming they would know who Plo Quar was, but the fact that Selkie is her kid might not be that obvious. Pohl and Sai Fen didn’t realize it was Selkie’s mom until they were told.
I have no way of telling if one Sarnothi is related to another; hell, I have a hard time telling if one HUMAN is related to another.
30% difference in melatonin, hell.
hmm. my first response dissipated into the aether, so I’ll try again: I’m am pretty dang sure Pohl didn’t recognize her as actually being Plo Quar’s “DAUGHTER”, but only that he recognized her as being of Clan Jin’Sorai… which as we’ve found out has been pretty much wiped out in the civil war… so seeing a child of a Clan Jin’Sorai family without the parents… AND also being adopted by HUMANS… well, that’ll make it stick out in his mind for sure.
He was used to calling her Nei Li from before she came to the orphanage. I’m guessing at some point she told him her preferred version is Selkie Nei Li Smith (sorry I don’t have the link right now for that strip) and so he’s trying to be respectful by using her preferred first name
Still hoping I get that picture of Todd slowly swimming by as Selkie does loops and spins around him…
Since he’s training for exposure to the “underwater refuge facility,” that suit makes some sense. If that facility is at the bottom of one of the Great Lakes, those are pretty chilly at the best of times. Maybe the extra warmth is why he sounds like a “dying goose” – which is indeed an impressive simile for an eight y.o. to pull up 🙂
Hey, nothing’s more natural than pee.
sweet innocent naked pee
I was assuming they would know who Plo Quar was, but the fact that Selkie is her kid might not be that obvious.
I have no way of telling if one Sarnothi is related to another; hell, I have a hard time telling if one HUMAN is related to another.
30% difference in melatonin, hell.
Shoot, that ended up in the wrong spot. Wish I could edit the comment.
At least it is relatively sterile, and relatively non-toxic until it starts to decay., … Unlike, …er…. Fertilizer.
If memory serves I wrote about Natural Swimming Pools early in the strip. I wonder how much of the archive I’m going to have to go through to find it.
Gotcha covered!
https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie324/
You remembered? Thank you, thank you thank you.
As much as I love your comic I wasn’t looking forward to an archive crawl. Don’t get me wrong, I’d do it gladly for fun but doing it while looking for something I may have typed seemed too much like work to be fun.
so was this a tuesday? https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie169/
No that was a Monday, because it was dreadful and brought about the death of joy.
I need more coffee… >_<
either that or less >.>
I must admit to being confused. I reread that comic and the two after it and the comments (and wow, what well thought out though emotionally charged pieces they are!) but saw nothing about Tuesdays?
I love your response Dave. Maybe your Bringer of Dawn is also the Bringer of Mondays?
was refering to selkie being topless, linked to the topless tuesday joke in this comic
Oh, God, I hated that comic. She looks so sad and helpless.
I can’t believe the dumbasses in that office, the FIRST thing I’d do is give her something to wear. Even if I had to ask George for his shirt (which, I’m sure, he’d give to her with no worries.)
HEY!
My pee is very natural thankyouverymuch ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ
Selkie is wise beyond her years. Soaking in urine-fouled pool water is bad enough, but BREATHING it….
Two words: “Howling Fantods”.
You think swimming in a river or lake would be better? Fish live in those, and they don’t climb out of the water to go to the restroom.
Um.
One would assume SARNOTHI don’t climb out of the water EITHER.
There’s some wonderful imagery for you today.
Also, NSPs have a great filtration system that not only cleans the water but also oxygenates it. Check out Dave’s link and stop worrying.
You should see it on Asparagus Day.
oh god the horror
Luckily Sarnothi don’t eat asparagus.
wait, I’ve heard of regular nude times at public pools, Mister Rogers enjoyed them daily, but… only topless? that’s kind of odd.. plus it’s legal anywhere in Madison, I dunno how far they are from there.
I am super sensitive to chemicals but love swimming. If I ever make it big or win the lottery I am getting a natural pool.
Check for natural hot springs near you. Many of them don’t use chemicals because they don’t want to interfere with the claims of water in its natural state.
wait, breathing exercises!?! Since when are there breathing exercises for scuba diving? Is this like extra training for advanced scuba? because I remember nothing about this.
If you have trouble with the regulator you will get mouth breathing exercises. They generally don’t make you sound like dying waterfowl, but they DO exist.
In the comments to #900, Dizzy wrote about the incident that triggered the war: “I hope Todd doesn’t feel guilty over what two people completely unrelated to him did”
Plot twist: the fisherman was Todd’s biological father.
Still would not be his responsibility in any way or form.
So… are you saying they have artificial pee? Why would they do that? Naturalpee is far easier to get.
I still do not understate, whats the problem with the Tuesdays…
One cup of hot coffe with some milk & cocoa powder to Dave. Express delivery!
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I’m ok with Tuesdays, I could never get the hang of Thursdays.
Sorry, had to do it.
:'( It deleted the spaces out… Now doesnt looks like a cup of coffe at all. :/ Sorry.
How is the pee not natural?
Today’s comic: IT’S OVER 900!!!
(Sorry, I couldn’t resist…)
Okay, reading about the chemical-free pools, I want one now. 🙁