Otter Creek Rivers flow only one way

no problem :) ooo, enjoy your vacation :D

The conversation remained rather neutral, despite Charon's attempt to make some jokes. He felt a lot like rolling his eyes and mouthing 'booo-ring' to Dhole, but he decided to refrain from doing so, in case he ever needed this wolf's good will. Instead Charon just nodded at the dude as he continued to speak, answering Charon's questions but at the same time, not really giving him much information. Dhole meanwhile seemed so bored that she went down to take a sip from the water. Charon looked at her, feeling the urge to push her in the water all of a sudden. Gods, she would look so funny if she fell in the water. He imagined how she'd go all wide-eyed and look surprised, then pout in the way she would pout when he'd say something mean but truthful to her.

Charon chuckled to himself while mentally picturing Dhole falling into the water and pouting when he realised that the other dude was still there. He said that he was leaving, and Charon nodded. "Oh, yeah, probably for the best, if you've got a ways to travel." Charon smiled amicably at the guy, even though he was a bore -- he was leaving, anyway, might as well be polite a bit longer -- and he wondered off-handedly if it was anything he said that made him leave so soon. They'd barely gotten a conversation started. "Pleasure to meet you, see you later," Charon said as parting words, assuming that Jolon would take off again now. He wondered what sort of pack they were starting. Maybe Jolon didn't know the name of the territory, and that was why he didn't share it.

Soon Charon was back to the subject of Dhole's impending wetness, and he watched as she seemed to study some thing or the other along the bank. The only reason that Charon eventually decided not to throw his shoulder into her butt to toss her in the water was the fact that it was winter and it seemed like a dumb and dangerous idea to get one of his pack members soaking wet in this cold. He'd just have to wait to see Dhole pout again until spring, when it would be totally warranted and safe to push her in the water. Charon grinned to himself while staring at Dhole and plotting future embarrassments. She was just too easy to embarrass, and Charon himself didn't even notice how it seemed that he was starting to enjoy putting her down more and more because, well, it was just so easy, gave him a power rush, and she looked kinda cute when she was unsure of herself, anyway.