When did you find out you were allergic to sea urchins and couldn’t do your biological job as an otter? And did you join the octonauts to compensate for it?
Oh! I ehh… I found out when I was very young actually!
I remember it like yesterday, a bit of a traumatic memory but still—
Oh… I remember when Mum had to call Pearl early out of school just to be there for me as I discover my new unfortunate allergy.
i felt so ashamed. Me, a sea otter, being unable to do what sea otter’s do best?, It was almost ironic if you ignored the crisis!
So, I did what I thought could be a substitute. This substitute quickly became more of a interest, then a career. Marine Biology. I figured if I couldn’t take the Urchins away… I could study them!
Now while I hadn’t joined the Octonauts to compensate—it was a bonus—they didn’t make me feel stupid for having this allergy, or make me “special”
treated me as me.
I think I quite liked that better.
