Sea Lion Shores i can not boast

sandpiper did not miss the male stretched out luxuriously like some fat domestic; she scowled, but approached him all the same. it would do no favors to her stomach to snub him, but she loathed the idea of encouraging his ego to grow any larger.

she lashed her tail as he just stared at her -- rude -- there was a lady starving here! she huffed a few times to announce her displeasure, and was just about to turn and leave when he finally broke the silence.

she muttered under her breath about him being some sort of master of pain-in-the-assery, but if he caught it, or he turned around to face her, she would simply issue her most innocent and brilliant smile.  sandpiper hung behind him as he roused around the pools, searching for only gods know what. sandpiper's stomach rumbled, insensate and impatient.

she looked at the stone and the assortment of crab husks, and then looked at raptor balefully. "yes." she grudgingly admitted, still fully aware of her folly. overhead the chatter of gulls might have clued someone in to what might happen next, but sandpiper was too absorbed nursing her stinging ego to connect the two.