Verdant Basin coconut sharks in the water

He grinned at the wolfess, nodding with enthusiasm. "Hell yeah! It sounds like fun." Right now, he really wanted to check out what swimming was all about - but he'd have to wait. The young Blackthorn let his amber gaze flicker back toward the lake.

He paused, though, with a glimmer of confusion in his eyes as she went on to speak of her name, explaining something that had never begun to cross his mind; so her name was Bat. He knew what a bat was! Cinder had seen them before, sailing through the late evening, when the sky was curtained with dark blue - he'd glimpsed flashes of them. They were fast little creatures, but so cool! He almost wished he could see one up close... but his friend was close enough, right? "Oh." He mumbled, but sent a sparkling smile back in her direction after a moment's contemplation. "Bats are dope! Thanks for telling me. Does Rorqual mean anything or is it just a name, like... uh... like... Jim. Or something. I dunno."