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"I'm great," he called in reply once he had resumed his doggy-paddling. The water calmed around him, the ripples from his splash receding. He opened his mouth to toss an invite in Banner's direction -- "Come on in, the water's fine!" -- but she chose that moment to splash with her forepaws, creating a spray with just enough reach to splatter across his muzzle.

He laughed out a protest of, "Hey!" That cry was then followed up with a splash of his own, created by drawing his paws up and then down simultaneously and rapidly against the surface of the water. Thoughts of Lazarus and Banner's apparently tension-filled pack fled his mind for the time being.