Akako blinks at the little nod, a happy smile - that could be somewhat dangerous - creeping over her lips. She reaches out to take the seal's other flipper. Now they're hand in hand.

"An earthly nurse sits and sings,
And aye, she sings by lily wean ..."

Akako is singing brightly to the seal, with her waving his fin to the rhythm.

"And little ken I by bairn's father,
Far less the land where he dwells in."

She stops to hold the whiskered face in her hands. "You're such a sweet thing aren't you? Aren't you?" She nudges her nose with his.

Yes, she's talking in a rather patronising tone.