Dragoncrest Cliffs a boy named stargazer

Stingray wallowed as well, but in a different sort of way.

He had not been back to the whale carcass since the incident with Suzu, and in fact avoided even being close enough to see the bones arcing toward the sky. This led to him spending more time inland and less on the beach. His daily swims suffered for it. Once, he went down to Ankyra Sound to try to swim there instead, but Njord's spooky tales about the place got under his skin after only a few minutes. He hadn't been back.

By now he was mostly over the humiliation of Suzu's prank, but he was reluctant to spend much time with her or any of the other kids since. He tried telling himself it was all in good fun, that she hadn't meant it, but the memory of urine running down his leg made it difficult not to focus on just how mean she was to him. He wished his brother was here.

Stingray stayed close to home in Fish's continued absence, wandering the territory proper rather than surrounding locales. He was doing the same now, and when he tripped and fell into a ditch someone had dug in the ground with a muffled cry — waugh! — he could really only blame himself for wandering around in the dark.

Struggling to right himself in the slick mud, Stingray growled and shouted, unaware of his mother stretching nearby, Suzu! Is that you again?! You... You total jerk! He was gonna wring her stupid neck if she was trying to embarrass him a second time!