Sun Mote Copse I just wanted you to watch me dissolve slowly

Fennec was not only thirsty, but the leaves she'd been carrying left a pretty rotten taste on her tongue and she needed to get that out ASAP.  The closest place was the spring, and she dunked her face in to drink deeply without really paying attention to who may or may not have been nearby.

After a few gulps, her ears twisted to the faint sound of something rattling a short distance downstream.  Some kind of grinding noise? It was quiet.

Is that a turtle trying to scratch something? she asked, tossing them question at no one in particular.  Her head was lifted, but the wind was against her, so she had no idea her younger sister was the one making the noise.