Ouroboros Spine So It Begins

They approached a river which would appear to have grown fat from the melted snow. He analyzed the length and width before Rain asked him how they would cross the river. Clearly she was worried that it may be too dangerous to swim across it. But Nishu saw it more like a challenge. He had some of his training done in rivers, they weren't for trying to swim faster against the current but more like a way to strengthen stamina. He doubt that he could swim against the current but their goal was to just get across.

Without hesitation he steped ahead into the river. After getting his paws wet it was easy to notice that walking across wasn't possible. He turned around towards Rain. "We'll swim across, As long as we go straight and keep our heads above water we should end up on the other side just a little bit down the river. There doesn't seem to be any rocks to worry about. I'll go first to test out the current, stay here until I reach the other side." With that said he turned around and took a look up the river before marching in deeper.

He reach the point where he wasn't able to walk along the bottom. That's where the flow began to carry him down river. But as planned he continued forward with his head above water, giving the appearence that he was moving diagonally. Of course the current was stronger in the center but afterwards it slowed down. Nishu kept calm and managed to reach the other side without any problems. There was just a bit of distance from the point straight across. The river wasn't that wide but it still made a difference. It would take atleast a dozen seconds to walk the extra distance. The only real danger would be to not pay attention to branches moving down river. 

Once he was out of the water. He shook his coat and then turned to look at Rain. If he didn't have problems, she shouldn't have any either right?