Swiftcurrent Creek to be the wing that fans the flame

"Hell yeah, it's cold!" he replied, the words slipping from his mouth before he had time to put more thought into them. He immediately felt silly for the outburst, but he was shaking from the ankles up - the girl could probably see with her own eyes just how cold the creek had been.

The male shook out his pelt one last time and made a concentrated effort to stop his body from shaking. Though the cold was slowly seeping out of him, he couldn't seem to get his muscles to stop twitching. The sensation made him feel light and almost giddy, but he tried to quash that, too.

"Why? Thinking about taking a swim?" he asked.