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"Well, from description alone it is hard to tell, what it really was," Osprey said after a moment of thought. She spoke like a true pro and was so in the mood of the game that she didn't even realize that she and Mordecai were discussing imaginary things. All in a manner so serious and important, as if they were discussing gamekeeping and dynamics among the pack members.

"I mean - it could have been a dragon - there are several types that dwell in the waters - both out in the open and in enclosed spaces like lakes are. Then there are shapeshifters - you don't know, what they really look like, but they can take whatever shape and form they want," a lot like boggarts did, yet these did it for their own amusement, not to scare people. "Or merewolves and The Big Fish - with capital letters. It's told to be the king of all fish," she laid out the options so that her companion could choose, what fit his story the most.

Or the aforementioned wolf could have simply seen things or hallucinated. Those things also happened frequently.