all for one

*waves*

Elwood watched, simultaneously fascinated and horrified by the strange canine. He could hear the exaggerated sounds as it gulped and swallowed the water; from his point of view, he could only see a portion of the creature's mangled face. Obviously its wounds were inhibiting it from drinking properly.

His instincts told him to turn and slink away before he was undetected, to return to the caldera and tell Peregrine what he had seen. But he remained rooted to the spot, much like an onlooker staring at a train wreck. He was unable to tear his eyes away from the beast as it slumped to the ground, observing with a wrinkled lip as water and gore dripped from its mouth.