Sawtooth Spire DOS is more complicated

Atuaserk was safely back on shore. Moving the child didn't seem to phase him. He was significantly more fixated on the fact that his pinecone was officially gone now that Iqniq'd accidentally tossed it into a creek he hadn't realized was there. Gone. All gone. Swept away. Iqniq watched as the mental processes rolled through his mind as the child finally realized his toy wasn't coming back. "No more pinecone," he confirmed with a sad little frown and a shrug. "All gone." Maybe they'd find him another on the way back to the den.

It hadn't occurred to him that Ata didn't know what it meant to swim. Erm. How did one explain it without demonstrating? He thought about it for a second before he realized he might as well just show the kid. "It's like running in water," he said, "But since it's in water, it's called swimming." He gave his son a stern glance followed by a command. "Sit." Another one. "Stay." Good boy.

Iqniq moved into the shallows of the water and ventured until his shoulders were nearly submerged, but his feet were still touching. He let his paws tuck underneath him as he bobbed on the surface and began to paddle and swim. "See? Swimming." He drew himself out of the water and gave his fur coat a massive shake. "Wanna try?"