Otter Creek innocent iii

Hope you don't mind me..

Ana strayed further from Brecheliant with each day, exploring the mainland with the zeal of any child on an extended trip away from home. She would return to the sea one day, she assumed. To the island, even, if they would have her back. But lingering on those thoughts only filled her with a nauseated sort of sadness, and so Anathema tried to focus on her current reality.

It was definitely strange. The strangest part was the water, she thought; it wasn't salty at all, anywhere. She'd taken to wandering between every water source she could find, dunking her face into the ones that weren't frozen to test the saltiness. So far no luck. And there was a man lingering at this one, a man she'd never seen. Ana clicked at him merrily as she walked past, strolling right up to the ice to tap a paw against it. Frozen. But maybe she could break the ice if she just —

Ana headbutted the ice with full force.