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Sunset struggled to establish a rhythm that would keep her afloat. Masquerade kept a close eye on the situation, prepared to scruff the child and drag her to dry land if it proved necessary. In the end, however, Sunset discovered the motions that would allow her to swim through the water.

There you go, the Caru acknowledged. I didn’t realize the water was so deep. But swimming is a good life skill. It can be a fun hobby too, especially on hot summer days like this one, they continued, settling back in the water again.

They took a couple moments to swipe their tongue over the bloodstained body parts they could reach, though their golden eyes remained fixed on the youngster between passes of their tongue. Masque even had to nibble at a few particularly sticky patches to break up the dried blood and untangle their fur.

Sitting up a little, Masque thought of something important and said, There’s a very important rule I should mention about swimming. You never, ever do it by yourself. Do you understand, Sunset?