Ouroboros Spine no one wakes up one day

Easy watched the male for a moment, lapping at the water herself. It was obvious that he was in pain, but she didn't know herbs well enough to mess around with them. She might end up poisoning him instead of helping to ease his pain. Besides, he wasn't about to keel over with it -- he was probably fine.

The male's willingness to eat seemed like a good sign to her as well. Easy stood and shot him a genial smile before turning and wading a little deeper into the water. She put her face down close to the surface, so that her whiskers just barely brushed the water, and waited

and waited

... and waited some more

Snap!

Lightning-fast, she struck down, clamping her jaws around a thrashing catfish and pulling it quickly to the banks. She dropped it on the ground and then held it with one paw as she delivered two quick chomps to its head. "One for you," she sing-songed, sloshing back into the water.