Status Updates From Whale Fall

The fishermen say that to have a woman on a fishing boat is a curse; the same applying to a lost hare, or a corpse. Still, with some persuasion I am permitted to accompany a night collection.
Watching them, I am reminded of my brother, learning to empty and reload a rifle while blindfolded. The strength and guile of our countrymen, from all corners of the Isle.

Like all children we were curious about our births. I would ask [my mother] how did you get us? Where did we come from? And she would reply, I asked the sea, and the sea gave you to me. I dreamt in the night that I came to the door and there was a baby outside, cresting the edge of a wave.