Ouroboros Spine but then along came this biter

Haha. No worries. My attention span is everywhere today too. Wanna roll for this like last time? or just write it out?

She pressed onwards through the water. Iqniq picked up his feet and moved after her, wading into the shallows and picking up his feet to swim and let the water carry him a little ways downstream as he crossed. He landed lower on the riverbank than where she eventually emerged, but where she'd fought against the sand bottom, he'd drifted on top of it. The lapse in time allowed him a moment to pad back up the river's shore and meet back up with her as she shook herself dry and continued into the forest.

Following her lead, Iqniq freed the water from his pelt and padded after her. She guided them deeper into the forest on this side. His ears lifted, curiously scanning the sounds in the area around them as he waited to reach their final destination. Where that would be? He wasn't sure, but he had a feeling she'd let him know whenever she reached the spot she had in mind.

It didn't take long. When she'd gone far enough, she turned on him with that gleam in her eyes that let him know she had something more in mind. A knowing grin slid across his face as his stance shifted, widening to steady his center of gravity and give him more room to shift and move and react to whatever she wished to throw at him. Which was nothing. Just a feint as she darted inward and snapped at the air before turning out of the way. He lunged, reaching for her tail with snapping teeth so he might pull her back within the range of his arms and wrap her in an aggressively playful wolf/bear hug.