Stone Circle play time

Nikai was disappointed, but sometimes you just didn't get what you wanted in life. Steph didn't look as disappointed as he felt though, so it was easy to change plans. "It looks like it isn't here today," said Nikai. "But I'll take you some other time -- I've seen it here before, so I'm sure it'll come back to fish here some time." Maybe it was currently sleeping, he thought idly.

Anyway, he hadn't forgotten their alternate plan so he offered, "Shall I show you how to fish now?" He figured he'd try the patient method first, though he reasoned she might want the chase-and-herd method instead. But she had been patient waiting for the bird, so as Nikai walked up to the water he instructed, "You can fish this way alone, too. First we have to get into the water up to about our stomach and then we have to stand still and be patient, until the fish trust us and start to come up to us." He first put a paw in the water and shivered at the cold. ".. Maybe just up to our knees this time, the water's pretty cold." Then Nikai made his way into the water, not going further than about half his legs' length so that only his toes'd get cold. Hopefully the fish wouldn't take too long getting to trust them or the fishing adventure might have to be cut short, too.