Sisu interrupted me mid-thought when she crashed into the library and flung her arms around me. I had been getting so carried away thinking about possible home options, I forgot where she was!
Sensing I had been deep in thought, she prodded me to tell her what I was thinking. “I was just wondering how long it takes to find your second home” I mumbled miserably. She looked at me quizzically, but realising I was feeling low didn’t question me and just squeezed tighter around my fur. Comforting me, she said that it was ok to feel sad and that this is what friends are for.
Sisu told me how she also feels low sometimes. Whilst she loved living on the ship with Captain Roughwater, she missed her father during his long periods under the sea.
I wonder if he gets lonely or homesick in his submarine?
Soon enough it was dinner time, and I sat down feeling more positive than I had been at breakfast. The tremendously kind Ake Järvinen, the oldest sailor on board, sat opposite me whilst I ate a delicious plate of buttered fish.