That explained the storm: the one he'd marked had passed on a false story, one that had likely put Magica and by extension the village at risk. Perhaps a gentler approach was needed.

"Lass, you've little to fear from that woman in your store," Scrooge told her gently. "I have known her for several days, and the worst she has done is yell at me when I annoyed her just as you would do to a man irritating you.

"The demon and the animal you heard about were the same selkie who has decided to protect her and teach her how to properly wield her magic so things of the Dark don't come to this shore. The man the selkie burned had tried to rob her of the coins she'd brought to buy bread. The selkie marked him and told him to pass on a message that the lass was under his protection, but I don't know what tale the thief told you. And the selkie attacked as a seal when villagers threw stones at her for her 'crime' of gathering water from your well.

"Every time she's come to the village, including today, all she's wanted was to do her business and leave."