Ouroboros Spine Working along

There is a tug at his brow as she explained that the time had been taken to teach her brothers. It finally dawned on him that they experienced very different upbringings. Experiences and skills that he considered of value did not appear to be important to other families—so it seemed. Perhaps the notion of such skills being cherry-picked and distributed unfairly bothered him more.

He thought back to his own puphood. His sisters were right there in the water with him, weren't they? What was Faele learning that they may not have? His head canted as he looked beyond his mousey companion. Eyes unfocused as he made to dive within his own memories. Of course, as he did so the static that droned in the recesses of his mind grew louder. Oh. It had been a while since he thought about it. He had forgotten that he didn't like to recall it. His mother, his brothers, his sisters, his father. All there.

No. He didn't want to think to hard about it. Not now.

Oh, Faele wanted him to teach her how to swim.

Emerald eyes lowered met hazel once more, the corners crinkling. He didn't need to think of that right now.

Her tail splashed against the water's surface. There is delight in his eyes as he backed up deeper into the water, lowering himself until the water spilled over his shoulders.

I'd be happy to teach you. But first, he lifted his forepaws off the lakebed, spreading his arms just beneath the surface, you need to get used to getting wet! Kyrell surged forward, arms skimming across the water to splash a wave in her direction.