Dragoncrest Cliffs Icarus climbs higher

She pattered her feet eagerly on the rocks, and when he'd jumped up to see what she'd found, she gestured. "Mussels!" With their black shells all bunched tightly together, the cluster of mussels had attached themselves to the ropey kelp growing from below the rocks. In the water, from a distance, they would look like rocks, but a discerning eye knew the difference. There was about a foot of water in the tide pool at its deepest, which discouraged her from simply wrenching them out with her jaws.

 "Lemme see if I can push 'em off de rocks," Suzu said, slipping her feet into the water. She felt for the mussels, and could feel the keen edge of them beneath her pawpads, but attached to the kelp, they could be dislodged without too much fussing. She fished the kelp out of the water, pleased to see that there were half a dozen mussels attached to it.