Duskfire Glacier Watch her when she's lighting up the night.

I didn't want to startle you. He stated plainly. You were enjoying your swim, it felt wrong to disrupt it. He saw no flaw in his thinking. Perhaps it might have been seen as...creepy to lurk on the shore but that's not how he saw things. What if he had startled her and she panicked or forgot to keep kicking? He couldn't risk injuring one of their leaders.

Forgive me. He muttered softly with a respectful dip of his muzzle towards the earth.