Dragoncrest Cliffs A Gift Upon the Shore

Allowed to investigate the creature, Suzu bounded around it, looking at the creature from all angles. She wrinkled her nose as she came along its belly, noticing how it had been gouged open- wounds which had likely been the cause of its demise. Fortunately, its bloodshed had already been leaked out into the ocean, so the corpse itself was a bit less frightening for the girl. Its skin was smoothe, except for where there were whiteish patches. She got close enough to investigate them and inhaled a breath. "Barnacles!" She whispered excitedly. "Etienne! 'Ow does a living creature get barnacles on it?" She asked him in a whisper, but realized he wasn't right beside her, and that she'd spoken the question to herself. She bounded around the whale just in time to see him look up for her. Then, their mother called. 

Suzu sat, tail still waving from side to side and her tongue lolling out the side of her mouth, quite enthusiastic about the entire ordeal. When her mother howled, she did too. Softer, though- the same way Etienne did. He always had his ears flattened when there were loud noises, so she made sure not to how any louder than what was necessary when she was around him. 

She missed the look Chacal gave Mireille, and thinking that the ceremonial part of the get-together was over, she awkwardly crab-walked over to Erzulie's side and bumped her shoulder with her nose to get her attention.