Heron Lake Plateau variation under nature

She steps up and Bowie takes a single step back, giving her some room. He isn’t entirely sure he’d catch a fish a second time, when his luck thus far hasn’t been promising, but if it got away, he can’t blame himself. However, she doesn’t take the gesture right away and instead shoots him a quizzical look that takes him a few seconds to decipher. When it does, his ears fall back against his head and he lowers a little to show he has no ill-intent. 

A frown appears then, and a few jerks of his nose to give her the go-ahead.