Whitebark Stream Finally Free

If it wouldn't have hurt his chest, he would have laughed. Was that supposed to stop him from drinking?
Adorable. 

The ethereal hessian regally faced her, clear droplets falling free of his sheathed jaws.

"My being is not of your concern."

Him wasting time to talk to her would only and inevitably make him lose his thirst, which happened. Of course. 
Gently, he placed a flint shaded paw on the surface of the more still waters. 
He loved water. 
It was a serene body. It was life. And without it, you were nothing. 

"Don't put to much pressure on your limbs, then. Relax."

As sudden as a blink, he strided to her, face to face. Eye to eye. And as solemnly as death, he spoke to her.

"Decide. Will you have a better chance with me, or should I continue my own path. Will you make the choice of staying with me, or living on your own terms. Decide."

These could be the last words she would ever hear from the mysterious male. A man who entered swiftly into the lives of many, only to leave just as quickly. However, instead of following through, he was giving this girl a choice. 

Ice glacials stared into her own gems, his breath held, and he waited for her own words