Great Bear Wilderness i've stoked the fire [wwg discovery]

Just then Mara saw something splash in the river not two feet from her and her head spun around as she fixed her gaze on the disappearing ripples. She lowered her body and crept along the ground until she was right at the edge of the flowing water. She could see shapes moving around in the deep water. This area of the river was a lot slower then the rest, circling into a deep pool until it move out about ten yards further down stream.

The fire-pelted female squinted her grey eyes at the shapes, trying to identify them. They were a lot bigger than fish, about the size of foxes. They had four legs and skinny tails and they pushed themselves through the water with what looked like paws.

"Pst, Runt, come look at this!" she whispered urgently, motioning with her tail.