"Will you take me and my family with you across the sea?" said Sigrid.

"Will you teach me and my family to dance on the shore?" said the seal.

"What need have you of dancing on the shore?" said Sigrid.

"You belong to the sea."

"What need have you of crossing the sea?" said the seal.

"You belong to the land."

"We belong to no land," said Sigrid. And remembered her tears.