There was a seal staring at him.

John stared back at it for a moment before he rubbed at his eyes, looking again to make sure that it wasn't a hallucination from the sun.

No, there was still a seal staring at him from the waters. Its head was poking out a bit over the waves to look at him, not really moving.

John slowly put his net down onto the floor and carefully came to the side, not wanting to scare it away. If anything that did the opposite effect, the seal was letting the water carry it closer to him.

It was cute, he'd admit that. Despite spending the majority of his life at sea he could count on one hand how many times he'd seen seals. They usually stayed away from the boats but sometimes a few would come close enough to be seen.

This one seemed at ease however, seeming content to just stare at him from the waters. Sometimes it would move against the water to stay upright but otherwise didn't move.

Glancing down into his catches he reached down to snag a fish from it, holding it up to show to the seal. It almost seemed like the seal perked up at the sight and moved closer to his boat.

John tossed the fish into the water and the seal dived. He leaned over to watch as best as he could and all he could see was a shadow and a blur before the seals head peeked out again, the fish in its mouth.

He couldn't stop his smile as he watched the seal swallow the fish. It moved up a bit more, almost towards him and the boat. He also swore that there was a smile on its face.

Shaking his head John reached for another fish and tossed it into the water, watching the seal jump a bit to try to catch it

John cast the nets back into the water, taking care to try to avoid the seal as best as he could. It seemed to swim towards the nets curiously but kept away, circling the boat instead.

Trying to focus on his work John couldn't help but keep glancing into the waters as well, smiling despite himself when he saw the seal was still there, sometimes going back down into the water but always coming back up and looking at him.

The seal provided a bit more entertainment than he usually got on his job, whenever he'd bring up another netful of fish he'd find one and throw it back into the water, watching the seal swim to catch it. More than once the seal would throw the fish back onto the boat and then wait for him to throw it again for it.

As the sun started to set John a bit regretfully pulled his nets back completely, looking at the seal once more. It stared back at him before it swam down under the water and then jumped out of the water in a small arc, landing back with a small splash.

John waited for a few moments for the seal to reappear and when it didn't he reeled the rest of his net up and set sail to make port.

Once he got back to shore and stowed his haul in a pack he got off and headed to the shop to stock up for the morning. And if he had the time he'd stop at the bar to get a drink as well.

Unseen was the seal that had followed him to shore, hiding under the wooden boards of the port staring at him. Going back under the water and moving closer to the shore, using the sand to drag herself onto the ground before the seal fur skin slid off of her and a woman picked it up carefully and started towards the town.

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