Oceanic Community

The Stars Are Also Fire, 5.

The oceanic community of human beings and intelligent seals sounds more and more like the Avalonian community of human beings and winged Ythrians - the main difference being that, whereas Avalon is a self-sufficient planet, the seals' uncontrolled breeding and hunting brings them into conflict with the planned Terrestrial ecology. (Avalon is in conflict with the Terran Empire but that is merely a political matter.)

In one paragraph:

subtropical rain passes quickly;

the setting sun shines gold on blue and violet waves rocking a boat;

the air cools;

green odors give way to salt mist;

"...sunset glowed off the wings of an albatross..." (p. 80);

for a while, the viewpoint character is free;

she is "...lullabied..." by the waves.

Assuming that the lullaby is the sound of the waves, the paragraph addresses four senses. The albatross joins the frigate birds among our hovering birds of prey.