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Oblivious to her contemplations, the captain dismissed her playful response with a swish of his dark tail as his eyes traced the glitter of scales beneath the flow. 

Luckily for him, she hadn't seemed to notice his advances until it was almost too late. A crash as she struck and amidst the splashing water, the fate of the fish lay unknown to Nox - until her loud curse signalled her miss. 

Eyes flicked wildly and there it was, darting swiftly in his direction as he'd predicted. His gaze traced its movements for a split second, tail twitching in excitement before he thrust himself into the frigid waters. Only to have the breath knocked from his chest.

A cough and a splutter as he was dunked briefly beneath the flow, emerging sodden and glistening in the sun as he countered Meredith's attack with a spar of his own. "Shoulda known ye wouldn't play fair!" he growled almost childishly, jest tinged with frustration. The trout was his - he'd found it first! - yet there lay a subtlety to Meredith's jab that led Nox to believe she hadn't just been referring to the fish.