Big Salmon Lake in the corner with the scarlet letter

Fin was in the middle of laughing at her own cleverness when she suddenly felt jaws closing upon her forearm. She had just enough time to widen her eyes in surprise before she was suddenly being pulled under the surface of the lake. Water filled her mouth and her nose, causing her movements of self-preservation to strengthen. She spun at an odd angle under the water, kicking out with her back legs and (luckily) finding that they landed squarely upon Mordecai's shoulders or stomach or leg or the ground, she didn't know. Whatever the case, she shot back towards the surface and broke above it with a gasp that was soon followed by another jovial laugh.

She pushed herself backwards, away from the Spine wolf to give him room to resurface. The mischief still glinted in her gaze, but she allowed it to lessen--some inner voice reminding her that they were in the water where one of them could never surface again. She'd wait for him to prove to her that he was perfectly alright before attempting again to make him not so alright.