She needed every one of them to convince the Sea Folk.

Was he thinking about the Sea Folk while she hugged him?

The Sea Folk will let me know when they come.

She would have expected the Sea Folk to eat fish all the time.

The Sea Folk were the last people on earth she wanted to confront right then.

Something had to be done to temper the Sea Folk.

Which was entirely too much like the situation with the Sea Folk.

The Sea Folk appeared to be waiting for something, but what?

Maybe somebody who knew the Sea Folk today could make top from bottom in it.

The Sea Folk were another tool to be used on the boy, no more.