Graphic Novel Dub: The Girl From the Sea

1. (N) It’s True you know.

2. (N) The Whole Thing about your life flashing before your eyes.

3. (N) I like to keep my life tucked neatly into boxes…

4. (N) But the boxes have been dropped in the ocean, and now everything is spilling out.

5. (N) One box Holds everything from when I was Little.

6. (N) Mom and Dad still together, Aiden still fun to be around.

7. (N) Everything made sense then.

8. (N) Another box is my life at school. My friends, and the person I am around them.

9. (N) She doesn’t say things unless she knows other people will agree.

10. (N) She’s good at blending in.

11. (N) And then there’s life at home. Dad moved to the city after months of arguments he and Mom thought we couldn’t hear.

12. (N) Aiden started getting mad about everything. I can’t even look at him anymore.

13. (N) Every moment I’m home I want to Escape.

14. (N) The cliffs are my quiet place, but tonight the rocks were slippery from the rain.

15. (N) So I hit my head and now I’m here and I can’t stop thinking of the last, secret box…

16. (N) My big plans.

17. (N) To get off this island and move to the city, ANY City.

18. (N) To go to college.

19. (N) And to be gay, far away from this tiny town and everyone who’s known me since forever.

20. (N) I thought if I planned carefully enough it would happen, but now —

21. (N) Now I’m in the water and I can see that future spinning away and I want to grab it,

22. (N) But I can’t tell which way is up.

23. *Gasp* *Koff, Koff, Koff* *Hack, Hack* *Huff*

24. Ah!

25. (N) Okay… Naked Girl.

26. (N) This is an entirely different kind of stressful situation.

27. I wasn’t swimming. On purpose.

28. Um…

29. (N) She is familiar, like a person in a dream… Ohhh.

30. Heh, This is a near-death-experience hallucination, isn’t it? Cute.

31. Never Better.

32. You know… since this is a dream, it might as well be a romantic one.

33. Just  A Thought.

34. Mm-hm. You’re way too cute to be real.

35. Yeah.

36. You always make excuses for him.

37. Good Night, Mom.

38. (N) It wasn’t real.

39. (N) I inhaled seawater and had a nice dream. Or something like that.

40. (N) But she reminded me of something.

41. (N) I was nine, so it must have been seven years ago…

42. (N) Mom’s gonna kill me if I have brain damage.

43. It’s not that late.

44. I’m meeting Serena and everyone in town today.

45. You know, the gulls wouldn’t scream all morning if we didn’t feed them.

46. (N) We moved to Wilneff Island from Toronto when I was little. 

47. (N) It always felt Special.

48. (N) But this is the first summer Dad ins’t here, and now everything is just weird.

49. (N) In a few weeks, my job with the Kayak rental is starting, so at least I’ll have a reason to be out of the house…

50. That’s it, That’s all I got.

51. Go on!

52. (N) Oh no.

53. (N) No no no no —

54. Oh my god! Are you Okay?

55. What do you — Um — Who are you?

56. …I’m Morgan.

57. Yeah, no, nope, we’re not doing that.

58. That was a near-death-experience hallucination!

59. Hi, Earl! Val!

60. Enough with the touching!

61. Mom!

62. What do you want?

63. None of those things are real!

64. What?

65. Okay. FINE.

66. But no talk about love or kissing at breakfast. NONE. You are my friend from school. Got it?

67. Keltie’s new! Just Moved here?

68. ENOUGH QUESTIONS. I think it’s time we go into town.

69. Gotta show her around!

70. So… What do you do for fun?

71. Okay, come on.

72. You’re not actually a seal.

73. Okay so —

74. Huh.

75. I’ve never seen fabric like this before.

76. Please can you try to be a little bit normal?

77. I don’t know, hand out?

78. Um. I like to make things. Clothes.

79. Well. I haven’t made any for a while.

80. They Always came out looking too weird to wear —

81. (N) Serena. Lizzie. Jules.

82. (N) My Best Friends, And the last people I want to see right now.

83. (N) Everyone thinks we’re this group like you’d see in a teen movie from the nineties.

84. (N) Serena’s the girly one. Her parents own half the town, but she’s not too stuck about it.

85. (N) Jules. Always a joke.

86. (N) Lizzie’s the sweetest person ever.

87. (N) I guess I’m the Artsy one, but not so artsy I’m weird.

88. (N) They don’t know how, for about a year…

89. (N) I’ve had a secret.

90. (N) And it makes me different from then.

91. No touching, I said!

92. It’s different.

93. AAAAAH!

94. We have to get you some normal clothes. And SHOES.

95. I Mean, are you wearing anything under that? [Gets Embarrassed] Um. Please don’t answer.

96. Clothes will help you fit in, okay?

97. So people don’t notice you.

98. Exactly.

99. Tch

100. Do all your stores feature fish?

101. Sorry!

102. I’m telling you, it’s a kids’ shirt!

103. You’re so weird.

104. Are they “selkies,” too?

105. Wait, really? Your parents aren’t —

106. That sounds lonely.

107. So, let’s say I believe you. Hypothetically. How does it work?

108. (N) This would be a lot easier if she weren’t cute.

109. No, it’s —

110. (N) Oh no.

111. Hiii!

112. It’s cool! And so BIG, I didn’t realize!

113. She’s not — Um —

114. Keltie is new, Um, visiting… Her parents are friends with my mom. I’m just showing her around.

115. Oh yeah, of course!

116. It’s fine, Keltie.

117. Hey, why don’t you, uh, go back to the island? I’ll meet you there later.

118. She’s been following me around all day. Thanks for saving me.

119. (N) I feel bad.

120. (N) But it’s for the best.

121. Hey.

122. I’m, um. Sorry about before.

123. That's not it…

124. You don’t understand…

125. Maybe you could come visit later?

126. That’s… very arbitrary.

127. (N) Say goodbye. Let this all be a weird dream.

128. (N) Let her go.

129. (N) Say goodbye.

130. You, um. Can’t stay at my house tonight.

131. Well.

132. Okay good night!

133. (N) She’s loud.

134. (N) She says the wrong things.

135. (N) I should have let her leave.

136. (N) But the thing is…

137. (N) I’m glad I didn’t.

138. Ba-dum. Ba-dum.

139. Not now!

140. Got plans!

141. I owe you a do-over of yesterday.

142. But let’s go somewhere to be alone. We could take some kayaks —

143. I’ve never seen seals so close!

144. BABY. SEALS.

145. This? This may be the best day of my life.

146. It’s nice to be away from people.

147. In town, if they ever saw us together… It would mean something you know?

148. Uh, YOU, specifically are not!

149. You’re the true shapeshifter.

150. I just… I’m trying to get through high school.

151. And that’s easier if I hide parts of myself, the parts that are confusing or complicated.

152. I’m not going to do it forever! I have a plan!

153. Last year sucked, and things continue to have a baseline level of suck.

154. It’s not the right time to make a - a big declaration, but in a few years…

155. I’m going to leave.

156. And when I’m far away from everyone I know, I’m going to be exactly myself.

157. Because that’s part of the plan. If I wait, it’ll be easier in the long run.

158. Wh… What’s not to understand? It’s airtight.

159. Well… I guess…

160. I’d have to figure it out.

161. (N) When we did this before…

162. (N) I thought it was a dream.

163. (N) This time, I know it’s real.

164. (N) And I don’t care.

165. Why do you like me?

166. Mm. Yes. Compliments please.

167. We’re not like that anymore.

168. You were watching me?

169. Were you watching when Tyler Tanner tried to kiss me and I pushed him off the bridge.

170. Crying, right?

171. Sheesh. You could have just said I’m cute or something.

172. I, um… I really do want to be with you. But it has to be a secret.

173. I want it to be private. Just us. Okay?

174. Race you back!

175. (N) I thought my plan meant no dating until college. I was okay with that.

176. (N) But then she appeared, all mysterious, from the sea.

177. (N) She’s a secret, and she’s mine.

178. Hi!

179. I forgot you worked today!

180. My mom has been trying to get us all to the beach for ages but like… Once we’re here, there’s not really anything to do.

181. Ohh, just ask him out already!

182. Heh, fair.

183. I know, it looked fun. I had a family thing.

184. What?

185. Of course not.

186. No, I’ve just been busy.

187. Dolphin Girl —

188. There’s too many people here!

189. No, I am —

190. *Laughing with joy*

191. I thought a selkie would be good at swimming!

192. Not here. Follow me.

193. I’m glad you came.

194. Brilliant line.

195. MOM…

196. Hi, val.

197. Oh! Um. She seems pretty excited. She’s having her birthday party on it this weekend.

198. Wait, you know —

199. What?

200. Shut up.

201. YOU — 

202. Why do you ruin everything?

203. *Crying as is Running away Crying*

204. Why does My Brother Have to ruin everything?

205. Keltie…

206. My Brother found out about us. And he told my mom and the neighbors… *Then She Cries*

207. What’s that smell?

208. *Snrk*

209. I don’t know! That’s not the —

210. I just wanted this to be a secret, you know?

211. That’s not it. All I want is, is to keep things separate. Family and friends and you, all in different boxes.

212. What are you talking about?

213. Wait. But I thought —

214. I thought you were here because of me.

215. You’re a liar. All that cheesy stuff about loving me from afar?

216. And I Fell for it, like a desperate idiot —

217. I can’t take you to a party. I can’t do any of this. It’s just too much, Keltie.

218. That’s right.

219. No.

220. I just should have followed mine better.

221. Goodbye, Keltie.

222. *Breathes Angrily*

223. AGH!

224. *Snrk* *Laughs but then Cries.*

225. I knowww. I… I wanted to. Realy. But then you and Dad… you know… and Aiden’s been so nasty, and it just seemed like it would be one more stressful thing.

226. MOM.

227. *Small crying*

228. She… she was going after me for the wrong reasons. I ended it.

229. Like you and Dad?

230. Oh.

231. That’s not fair. He’s been so mean.

232. Hi.

233. Being a Jerk?

234. Wanna make it up to me?

235. Mmm-hmmm.

236. They must be so raggedy. You wore them for years!

237. Heh

238. It’s coming together. You make a good mannequin.

239. Keltie.

240. No.

241. I want to be with you.

242. Then they were the wrong plans.

243. And I’m sorry I freaked out.

244. Oh! I have something for you.

245. No, Not fish.

246. It’s okay if you don’t like it, I’m a little rusty —

247. Well, you remember what Serena said… Her party has a dress code.

248. (N) This is it. No turning back now.

249. Hi, guys! Happy Birthday, Serena!

250. I, um, I figured it would be okay it I brought Keltie, because, well… She’s my girlfriend.

251. Haha

252. Serena?

253. I wanted to match you. So everyone knows we’re together.

254. Yeah, we should probably talk to her soon…

255. Hi, Serena!

256. Awesome Party!

257. Well, thanks for inviting us… Inviting me.

258. I know I’ve been kinda AWOL…

259. That’s right.

260. Actually! Keltie works for an, um, environmental organization.

261. And, I don’t know if you know this, but the course your parents plotted for the harbor tour is going righ past this rookery of seals —

262. Hey! She’s my girlfriend. If I’m invited, then —

263. I-I’ll try again. She’s not usually like this.

264. But maybe you should, um, stay behind?

265. I know. We’ll figure it out.

266. Okay. You’re pissed at me.

267. I don’t know what I did.

268. I didn’t tell anyone.

269. That’s not… It’s my chance when I tell people. I didn’t want to be different from you guys.

270. You don’t know what it’s like.

271. *Breathes* Fine. Can I tell you a Secret?

272. Hah, got me.

273. It is about Keltie, though.

274. She, um… She isn’t exactly a human.

275. …So the rookery is her home. The seals are her family. She just wants to protect them. Can’t you Understand that?

276. …What?

277. I’m not —

278. So, I talked to Serena —

279. Wait, Wait, Listen.

280. I talked to Serena. She’s going to change the route.

281. What were you saying?

282. KELTIE! WITH EVERYONE ON IT?!

283. Um… Hey Lizzie, let’s hold onto this. For no Reason.

284. You are Crazy!

285. *Laughing with Joy*

286. Now that you narrowly avoided shipwrecking us.

287. I’m going to keep you away from boats for the rest of the summer. You cannot be trusted.

288. Everyone knows about me and you. And… It’s fine. We can actually be girlfriends.

289. Wait…

290. Something’s wrong.

291. No. Oh no. She was sitting on the back rail —

292. How?! You said at the beach, you can’t swim like this —

293. Wait, but… if you put it on, you wont be able to —

294. But we just — it’s too soon. We have plans —

295. You’ll put it on and come right back, okay?

296. You’re here. Come back to shore with me.

297. Please!

298. Seven years, okay.

299. I can wait seven years. I’ll be right here —

300. You don’t think I would?

301. I won’t forget about you.

302. I… wasn’t sure if I believed it either. Until tonight.

303. She has a habit of doing that.

304. I’m sorry, too. For everything.

305. What?

306. That sounds perfect.

307. (N) The seals were safe, and the rest of us got used to the boat.

308. (N) It’s funny how quickly something new can become normal.

309. (N) Even when it’s messy. And confusing.

310. (N) Eventually it just feels like normal life.

311. Dad? I’m good. Hey, I… I wanted to tell you something.

312. Did you know about her?

313. It’s Hard to really talk about to anyone. What am I supposed to say “Oh, I had a girlfriend, but now she has to be a seal for seven years…”?

314. She made me want to be… More alive? To live all the parts of my life.

315. I know. I will.

316. How do you know? About Selkies?

1. Come on, Aiden!

2. *Laughs*

3. (A Shortest Quick One) Wah!

4. I’m allergic to shellfish…

5. How?

6. Um—

7. I can’t dive!

8. Dad! I’m fine!

9. I was following a girl!

10. And then there was a seal…

1. I don’t wanna go with just mom.

2. I don’t recognize you from school.

3. So then now —

4. Morgan, that farming game you like put out a new expansion, wanna play? I downloaded it for —

5. Has she been acting weird?

6. Of course Morgan’s in a good mood.

7. Or more than a friend.

8. MORE than a —

9. Yeah, Morgan, there’s nothing wrong with it.

10. Morgan has a girlfriend.

11. Hey.

12. Morgan, I didn’t mean to… I don’t know, out you or whatever. I was just…

13. Trying to get your attention.

14. And being the biggest Jerk in the world.

15. Remember those cat ears you made me when we were little? Because you wanted a cat but Mom was allergic?

16. Ow, Pin! Anyway, I’ve still got them.

17. Really smelly, too.

18. How’s it look?

19. She’s gonna love it, Morgan.

Kitties don’t like water!

*MEOW* *HISS*

1. Not a good night for you to swim, Morgan Kwon.

2. Do you Remember Me?

3 .I remember you.

4. Are you Feeling all right? You Hurt Your Head.

5. Romantic?

6. So this is all in your head, then?

7. Whoa!

8. Still not used to these Yet! The ground is harder than I thought it would be!

9. It’s me, Keltie!

10. I know!

11. Morgan! I am a selkie and you are my true love, and your kiss has allowed me to transform from a seal into a human and walk on land.

12. Now we can find our fortunes together!

13. But our destinies are intertwined! Sealed by a kiss!

14. I assure you it was not.

15. Keltie, ma’am!

16. Indeed!

17. I told you, I’m here because of true love’s kiss! It’s the only thing that can let a selkie walk on land.

18. I see I need to convince you. That’s fair. How about a day?

19. I did save your life last night. So in exchange… spend the day with me? Sunset, if you wish me to leave, I’ll be gone.

20. And you are a very strange girl.

21. So, I have the salmon - she’s the biggest one I’ve ever caught.

22. And then —

23. Smacks me in the face with her tail and swims away! Stung for days.

24. Er —

25. My own boat, of course! Those fishermen are nasty, and their boats have the, what’s the word, the sharp spinny things on the bottom?

26. About that —

27. BYE!

28. Hm!

29. Sunbathe, hunt for fish, gossip with the birds…

30. No.

31. I’m a selkie, I told you! I do usually look like a seal, but on the inside, I’m me.

32. This is my seal-skin.

33. ‘Tis woven from bubble caught in moonlit strands along the ocean floor —

34. Well then, what do you do for fun, Morgan Kwon?

35. Why?

36. Eep!

37. Where are we going, then?

38. Sorry!

39. THEY’RE Touching!

40. As a reminder, you kissed me.

41. Ah, it’s amazing how red you become!

42. Ah. In the ocean, there’s fish that look just like kelp, so we can’t hunt ‘em.

43. The thing about those fish, though? VERY boring lives.

44. They just sit in the kelp beds all day, swaying back and forth. Little better than a plant.

45. THAT.

46. I want to wear THAT.

47. ‘Tis the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.

48. Ach, no. Just seals. I’m the only selkie in the rookery just now.

49. There’s but one selkie in a generation, and my predecessor left long ago.

50. Ah, he visits sometimes.

51. Anyway, the seals are my family.

52. We can talk and all, though they can be a bit single-minded. All they want to talk about is fish and, er, mating.

53. Thank you for your hypothetical belief.

54. There are laws. I care for the seals, and I look like one of them.

55. But every seven years… something changes.

56. My seal-skin grows loose for a few days, and I can look a bit more human.

57. The last time that happened, I met you!

58. But to be like I am now, with legs and all… I need to tie me to the land.

59. Someone.

60. Sorry, touching.

61. It’s too big.

62. Keltie.

63. Thank you. Dolphins are the secret rulers of the ocean.

64. Morgan doesn’t like touching.

65. You’re touching her.

66. She doesn’t like that.

67. Hmpf.

68. *Sigh* I can’t do it alone.

69. I don’t understand anything up here. I was so sure she would feel the same way about me…

70. I cannot stay where I’m not wanted.

71. I don’t know why you would kiss me and then wich me gone. But humans are confusing, and I’m simply a selkie.

72. What I understand is that I was wrong, and now the day is over. I must leave you.

73. When I put this on, I will be a seal again. Until seven years have passed and I get another chance to walk on land.

74. I do not know where the laws came from, but I know I could sooner halt the tide than change them.

75. That’s not a problem.

76. Truly?

77. There is somewhere I want to take you!

78. Just Trust me.

79. They all want to meet you, so be nice. This is What I wanted to show you…

80. The rookery.

81. You seem calmer than yesterday.

82. Not really. In the ocean, you are what you are, all the time.

83. I’m always myself, no matter what skin I wear. But you… The girl I saved from the water was different from the girl with her friends.

84. That seems difficult.

85. But why are you waiting until you leave?

86. I want to understand you. Morgan Kwon.

87. But that doesn't make any sense.

88. What will you do if something unexpected happens?

89. *Snrk!* Is that a serious question?

90. I remember when your family moved to the Island. You all seemed so happy together.

91. No. But back then — I was fascinated.

92. A life so different from mine; a girl like me but not.

93. You shone through the water like the moon.

94. Sometimes.

95. Ha! Yes. A mighty splash.

96. You were a mystery. Your face sometimes open and sometimes closed Always surrounded by others.

97. But then you began sitting on the cliffs at nights, and there was no one around you…

98. I wished more than anything to be able to comfort you. To know you well enough to say the right words.

99. Also, you are very cute!

100. Your plan.

101. Mm-hm.

102. I’m not getting distracted!

103. Well. Maybe a little.

104. I don’t want to tell her yet. But trust me. When the time comes, she will help us.

105. Are you not happy to see me, then?

106. *Laughing with joy*

107. I’m used to having blubber! This form is useless in the ocean.

108. Give me a kiss hello?

109. Kiss time?

110. You’re right.

111. I must tell her. This party is my best bet, and I cannot do it alone.

112. Fish.

113. Is your family angered?

114. You want to keep me a secret.

115. I love you dearly, Morgan, but I cannot be kept in a box. I have important things I need to do on land. Things I need your help with. And…

116. If your secret is out, then I must tell you mine as well.

117. I told you a selkie’s job is to protect her family.

118. Well, the seals and I have learned that La Reine de la Mer has charted course past the rookery. With all its noise, and stench, and the poison that seeps from it’s belly and into our seas.

119. It will pass us, again and again, until all the fish flee and the seals must leave the place we’ve called home for so many generations.

120. Unless we can stop it, the seals will have nowhere to go, Morgan. We’ve been searching, but if this goes forward, it will be the end of the rookery.

121. Of my Family.

122. Selkies need a kiss to walk on land. I wanted it to be you.

123. Morgan, I need to get to that party to stop La Reine. I don’t know how I’ll do it, but I have a duty to my family.

124. No! I never Lied!

125. Why? Because it’s not in your plan?

126. Sometimes plans must change, Morgan!

127. *Small Crying.*

128. I need a boat.

129. As long as it takes.

130. I cannot swim out there, not in this body. I’ll surely sink. And I don't even know what I’d do if I could.

131. I’m sorry I just don’t know how to do this.

132. Thought you were done with me.

133. But all your plans. I’ll ruin them, you know I will.

134. I’m sorry I wasn’t honest.

135. Fish?

136. Aw.

137. For me?

138. I love it.

139. But where would I wear such a pretty thing?

140. How is… what going?

141. This Boat Smells.

142. I just Noticed… You’re wearing my seal-skin.

143. Is it time yet?

144. You know, this boat is much larger than I would like.

145. And your loud, stinking boat is going to scare the fish away!

146. Talking doesn’t work.

147. I cannot fail in this, Morgan.

148. I don’t know what to do. Other humans don’t understand me like Morgan Does.

149. But… Would that not be dangerous?

150. Very Well. If it’s the only way.

151. Hello!

152. Quiet night out there, is it not?

153. Think I could have a hand at the wheel?

154. Nay.

155. Definitely!

156. I’ve got it!

157. Come with me.

158. Hold onto this. Tight.

159. There’s a hidden reef very close to here. The seals told me. I got the pilot to leave, and —

160. Ohhh. um. Oops.

161. I…

162. … May have set the boat on a collision course with a reef don’t be mad.

163. I Thought if I wrecked the boat—

164. I’m fixing it now!

165. Maybe a few!

166. You’re welcome.

167. All good!

168. *Laughing with joy*

169. Things will be okay now, hm?

170. Uh… it was a bit of a desperate plan.

171. I can think of some activities that don’t involve boats…

172. I’m yours Morgan Kwon.

173. What?

174. They say she fell.

175. I have to save her.

176. I need my seal-skin.

177. It’s my fault. I must fix this.

178. Sometimes plans must change, my love.

179. I…

180. Morgan… I’m sorry.

181. I belong to the sea now, for seven years. That is how it works.

182. No. Don’t you dare.

183. You have plans. Go do them. Do more!

184. In seven years… we’ll meet again. I know we will. I’ll tell you of the adventures I’ve had, and you’ll tell me of yours.

185. You’d best not.

1. Do you like mussels?

2. Oh… Because I could get you some. If you liked them.

3. I’ll show you!

4. We have to dive for ‘em.

5. Just trust me!

1. It’s so Sparkly!

2. MORGAN!

3. *Snrk*

4. Aw, no more cake and bad movies? I like that tradition.

5. My gramps has been complaining about the boat, Serena… He says it’s an eyesore.

6. Morgan! Hey!

7. Uh-huh!

8. Sooo, Serena invited stupid Goregous Josh to her party…

9. Ha! Like you’re such an expert on romance.

10. We missed you when we all went to halifax.

11. Mm.

12. You’re not, like, mad at Serena, are you?

13. Yeah, no, I didn’t think so. She was worried that something was up, though.

14. Oh no.

15. Don’t look now, but that dolphin girl is here.

16. I said don’t look.

17. Super weird.

18. Happy birthdayyy!

19. It’s a party! It’ll be fun!

20. Ugh, Tyler.

21. Oh no…

22. *Gasp* You’re having a Secret Summer Romance?!

23. Aw, cheer up, birthday baby!

24. There’s a surprise later…

25. Did either of you know Morgan was into girls?

26. Really?

27. It’s weird she didn’t tell us.

28. SO!

29. Gorge — has been do — ing all night whe — touches my should — ually And I’m pret — e he’s getti — o —

30. You okay?

31. Why are we laughing?

32. The Cake! It’s time!

33. Serena!

34. Cake time!

35. Serena?

1. There it is!

2. Oh my god, Stop!

3. So, whatcha think?

4. La Reine de la Mer. My mom let me name it.

5. We’re gonna do harbor tours, parties, everything!

6. Ha, you know my mom, she’s always —

7. Who’s your friend?

8. That’s a really… unique shirt.

9. Anyway, they’re letting me use the boat before it officially goes into use. For my birthday at the end of the month.

10. I think my parents want it to be, like, an ad for the boat. I have to invite a million people. BUT. I made them promise not to come. And to hire a DJ.

11. You can come, right?

12. But, um… just you. And a boyfriend if you can find one, ha.

13. Nothing personal, Kelsey, I’ve just known Morgan forever… And there’s kind of a dress code.

14. What?

15. Anytime. She kinda had crazy eyes, huh?

16. Yeah, I know people are freaking out. Whatever. I think it’s cool. This town is so old fashioned.

17. Not that I actually like most of them…

18. With balloons and everything, lucky me!

19. I know, Mom.

20. Fifteen percent off harbor tours and rentals for everyone who books before July first.

21. I know.

22. Please do not abandon me.

23. Where’s Morgan?

24. Fine. Let’s go.

25. Tch.

26. Why did Morgan have to bring that weird girl?

27. Ugghh. What is the point of a party if it’s full of randos?

28. Well, I won’t throw myself overboard until after the surprise.

29. I;m gonna get a drink.

30. Ah, my parents basically planned it.

31.Yeah, You have.

32. I guess you two have been hanging out a lot?

33. It’s a good thing it’s not your boat, then.

34. You know, you didn’t have to come if you hate it so much. You weren’t exactly invited.

35. Yes. I get it. But your girlfriend? Is kind of a jerk.

36. I just wanted to have a decent birthday with my friends. But lately…

37. You don’t seem like one of them, Morgan.

38. I’m trying not to be.

39. Nothing! You didn’t do anything! That’s the point!

40. You know I don’t actually have a lot of friends. But you and Lizzie and Jules… I thought we talked about everything.

41. I thought… I thought you would have told me.

42. Except for some random girl that none of use ever met before.

43. So you just cut us out instead? Your new girlfriend totally replaced us?

44. Well, how could I, if you never talk about it?

45. You’re gay, Oh my god.

46. Obviously this matters to you. So I’ll talk to my parents and get them to change it. But, Morgan?

47. I Wish you would talk to me like a normal person instead of telling me weird lies.

48. You got what you wanted, okay?

49. Go tell Keltie and let me sulk in peace.

50. *Screaming in Fear as She was Thrown off the Boat by Force of the boat*

51. *Gasp* *Koff, Koff* Hey! Help! *Koff, Koff* HELP!

52. *Coughing*

53. You weren’t lying about her.

54. She saved my life.

55. And… is she gone now?

56. I’m sorry.

57. You know what I really, really want to do?

58. Hang out with my best friends, watch a bad movie, and eat too much birthday cake.

1. Heh, until someone throws up over the side.

2. Happy Birthdayyy!

3. There are a Lot of people here.

4. I brought Tyler, so I might abandon you at some point…

5. How’s it going?

6. I can’t believe they’re dating…

7. I always suspected…

8. Uh, no, not even a little bit.

9. Serena!

1. That you, Morgan?

2. I’m sorry about tonight.

3. I know it’s Stressful.

4. Aiden’s just working through his feelings…

5. You’re up!

6. So, here’s what I’m thinking. Traffic at the museum is still slow, which means I can take the afternoon off, because…

7. We haven’t been to the beach yet this summer!

8. We gotta enjoy it before all the tourists come!

9. Well… Let’s go soon?

10. Take the compost out before you leave?

11. Morgan!

12. Who’s your friend?

13. Want to come in for some breakfast?

14. Do your parents have their own boat, or do you go out with the fishermen?

15. Aw, we don’t mind the motorboats… But now the Boisseaus’ new harbor tour is going to be coming through and ruining all the peace and quiet.

16. Oh, bye! Have a good time!

17. Someone’s up early!

18. Earl! Val! I just took the fish out.

19. Well, you’ve come on a night where the stars have aligned and my teenagers are magically in a good mood.

20. I can’t believe the harbor tour is coming right past here - there’s nothing to see!

21. How does Serena feel about her parents, what did it say in the paper, “bringing the historic village of Lunenburg into the future”?

22. That Family… they’d let Serena do anything.

23. You know, I really like the Keltie girl. She just moved here, you said?

24. Anyway, I think it’s nice you have a new friend.

25. Let’s just have a nice dinner, hm?

26. Wrong with what?

27. Morgan!

28. BOO!

29. I was making a joke, coming out of the closet…

30. Okay, now that I say it out loud, I see that this was a dumb plan.

31. It’s okay if you don’t want to talk… but why didn’t you tell me? Your grandparents might need some explaining, but you know I’ve always been an ally.

32. Stressful? When it actually lowers your risk of teen pregnancy?

33. Um. I’m not doing great at this.

34. You know, we moved to this island because I wanted to raise a family in the way that made me happy… And to do that, I had to get away from my parents. I never wanted you to feel that way about me.

35. Who you love is a good thing Morgan. It’s never a burden on other people

36. You know… Keltie is quite cute.

37. Really? I just Thought…

38. I saw how she looked at you. That kind of connection… it’s important.

39. Even if it doesn’t last forever.

40. Me and Dad… Oh, hon, things didn’t work out, but we had happy years, too.

41. And I got you out of it, and Aiden! Who is Grounded, by the way.

42. He misses his dad. It’s not an excuse for how he’s acting.

43. But he misses his sister, too, you know?

44. I know. It’s been a tough year.

45. Sometimes you have to let your life get messy. That’s how you get to the good parts.

1. Leave your brother alone!

2. You were under water for way too long, I thought —

3. There’s no one there, Morgan.

1. Not a bad turnout.

2. Oh, poor baby, your horrible parents are throwing you a huge birthday party.

3. It’s a good advertising opportunity. And of course we love you and want you to have a good time.

4. That’s right.

1. Have fun, sweetie. And don’t forget to let everyone know —

1. Evening, Min! We brought dessert.

2. It’s an experiment!

3. Keltie? No, she’s always lived here.

4. She stops by our dock sometimes. Sweet lass.

5. Oh, yes. There have always been selkies here.

6. We’re quite familiar.

1. Key lime pie with cayenne meringue, and you MUST eat it all or he’ll sulk all night.

2. Hi, hon.

3. Did you see it coming around this point today? Looking like a darn iceberg?

4. Lovely day to look for seals.

5. The love of selkie is something special. It comes in like a storm from the sea, all sudden and powerful and impossible to predict. And in it’s wake, things are changed forever.

6. You know she’d want you to keep doing that, right? Not to wait at cliffs for her?

7. Well.

1. That was a fun little speed bump, kids, but we’re here for a reason. A very special birthday reason.

1. For how long?

2. Oh-kay…

3. Kayak rental for the day… life vest included… Thirty-five dollars.

1. Quiet except for you kids. We’ll be heading back to town soon.

2. Party isn’t your scene?

3. You’ve piloted boats before? Just keep on the course.

4. Actually, you wanna watch it for a minute? I wouldn’t mind visiting the head.

5. Hey kid, you didn’t push any buttons when you were up here, did you?

6. HEY!

7. When we get back to shore you are PERMANENTLY Banned from this vessel!