Otter Creek Malvado

EDIT: aa posted the wrong draft! srry!

worry not, only the dam is required to stay active for the duration of the pregnancy! we'll see how things go...

there was fear often so many times in herhis past, shadows in-between treetrunks and teeth on the throat but never never never like this.

heshe wasn't a diverdog, a retriever, and so shehe gulped and inhaled water until it came back up through the nostrils in sputters and spasms ejecting it from insides. lack of air - and yes yes the distress - left himher lightheaded and sluggish as some part of the self greater than an animal cooed herhis racing thoughts into slowness then stillness then nothing.

when the brindled body hit the shore soaked through, there was enough mind left to look up at the alligator - redeyed facescarred - and wail a whine, looking for mercy yet numbed to refusal.

what did tk do to deserve this?

was tk not a good dog?