Redhawk Caldera Shaken, not stirred

Pantaleimon smiled when Wildfire looked enthusiastic at learning to swim better and when she tried to figure out what the ocean was. When Wildfire suggested it was a really giant lake, Pantaleimon chuckled. She remembered that she had always considered lakes to be tiny, better-tasting oceans... she only now realised how much sense it made for land-born puppies to see things the other way around.

"That's right," Pantaleimon confirmed.

When Wildfire asked Pan if she could show the ocean and teach her to be a great swimmer, Pantaleimon considered it for a moment. Eventually she said, the hesitance clear in her voice because she did not want to pressure Fox or Peregrine, "Only if, uhm, if the quee-- uhm, if your m-mother's okay with it. If she thinks you're too young, we'll have to wait. The ocean's pretty far away." Fox still made Pan nervous for multiple reasons, and she didn't want to make any promises that she would be unable to keep for both their sakes.