Gilded Bay Everything Left to Hold Onto

@Iaghe - Continuation of "everything i've ever let go of" - 24 hours ish later

He'd found it. A freshwater source nearby.

He hadn't slept. The areas around the sea were plentiful with water but little of it drinkable. How one could live their life along the shoreline seemed daunting to Andr in this moment. Hydration would be the limiting resource to anyone trying to make their home here. Although once found the task would prove quite a bit easier.

Once he found it - after taking a plentiful drink for himself - he returned in the direction of the Gilded Bay. As his paws ran over grass to sand his chest began to pound. He worried that she would somehow not be there when he returned. 

The sloping hills of sand obscured his view. Until he reached the top and looked down to see the fragile black and white still laying atop the flat rock on which he had placed her. 

He lowered his head and a great sign of relief escaped him. A slow deep breath in as he lifted it. She's still here he thought.

Still filled with nervous adrenaline he made his way to one of the nearby pools, trapping fresh fish from the overnight tide. Here, in a trapped enclosure skill went out the window. Persistence was all one needed. He shopped around for the fattest fish he could find and sank in his teeth.

Carrying it in his mouth he brought it over to her on the rock. Dropping it down and nudging it within her reach.

Another mild hesitation before reaching forward and resting his ear against her chest to hear that her heart was still beating.