Redtail Rise She can ask for the truth but she'll never believe

Red Face left them quickly after that, which made Reki a little sad. He wanted all of his friends to get along and to spend the time together, although at the same time he was covetous of the princess, and would have been equally glad to be alone with her. She seemed set on this little adventure with Ancelin and so Reki followed, hanging back near Lilia's side because he knew her better than the mottled boy - although the boy seemed nice, too.

He had brought the food to the edge of the stream. Lilia had raised a paw over the water as if she was doing a magic spell, and Reki almost forgot he had the fish with him. It took Lilia's prompting for the boy to put the fish down by the water, and then he sniffled, and looked at her.

I can do it? He offered. There was a questioning lilt to the tail-end of his comment as he looked to Lilia for confirmation, feeling a little silly. If the other boy never washed his food, was it somehow abnormal to do so? Lilia seemed to know what was up, and she was the princess, so she must have known more than either boy. Reki trusted that logic.

Here— he moved to put the fish in the water again, moving hastily so that the girl would be impressed, but the flow of the water shot up his nose as he did it, and so he lost his grip and pulled away to snort and cough; the fish therefore, was taken by the stream.