see the new moon rising

She stopped as his actions gathered her attention. Gentle. Such a word she had never heard. Soft teeth? ...she tried, though the single knot left took longer to tame than the rest. Tonravik preferred her way, she decided. But once the leader was finished, she moved out of the water and flopped exhaustedly on her side. 

The leader left a space for him at her side, but so tired was she that Tonravik could not know whether or not he joined her promptly or lingered in the water. The leader was somewhat aware, but had fallen into a tired slumber.