Swiftcurrent Creek Ain't no thinking thing

Bazi fished quietly, waiting a long time between each attempt. Jace clearly did not appreciate being fobbed off with stories, and attacked the water with aggressive strikes of his dark paws. Bazi thought it a somewhat dramatic response to a refusal to fish, but neither said that out loud nor gave any physical indication that she was thinking it.

"That queen sounds horrible," she told Ferdie when his story was complete, unwittingly voicing what Jace was already thinking, "But I liked your story." Seven fish lay on the bank beside her, and of those she kept 4. Ferdie might like something to eat in the evening, too.

Fish caught: 7