Luneshale Pass rhyme dust

tiny powerplay about meerkat kicking in the water. lmk if i need to delete!

S'ari saw Meerkat slip and fall, saw her larger body plunging straight toward her. Her brain told her to get out of the way, but falls happen so quickly. By the time her limbs began to cooperate, Meerkat was already atop her, nearly knocking S'ari out and pushing her down deep into the water. Then Meerkat began to kick, to push herself up back above the surface, and S'ari felt a powerful back leg slam into her chest, entirely by accident.

S'ari, bright spots swirling in her closed eyes, tried desperately to get to the surface. She hadn't had time to take a breath before Meerkat had pushed her under, and the kick had forced what little air she'd had from her lungs. After what felt like ages, but was merely a few seconds, her head broke the surface and she gasped loudly for air. Her chest throbbed a little where Meerkat had kicked her. S-S'ari is never... going swimming with Suri... again... she said, between panting breaths. But she gave the wolf a faint smile, to let her know she was all right.