Noctisardor Bypass Yeah... that's right... I'm a gay robot.

When the lake had unfrozen, Spook had noticed every once and a while ripples would spread out from a place where there was no bird, no sign of something big on top. Fish maybe? He hadn't exactly gone and caught a lot of fish before... It wasn't Arbiter's thing, so she hadn't taught him to do so. Mostly he'd just chased them in shallower creek waters. They were very good at dodging someone very inexperienced at hunting the slippery creatures.

But this time he totally saw something break the surface from below before vanishing! And it had totally weirded him out. It probably was quite a sight if anyone saw the whole thing. He'd done a full on Wile E. Coyote double-take, he spun towards the water, froze, and stared, alert. Perhaps he was expecting a crocodile. A second or two passed, then he started pacing back and forth a maybe five yard section of lakeshore, watching the water, expecting more movement, but nothing came. The lake was calm aside from some distant ducks and a couple of leaves and other things floating on the surface. Certainly nothing interesting. Nothing happened. He started to look away, but then looked back quickly just in case. Nope. A controlled exhale. He looked back the way he'd been going, ears tipped back, and he continued on in hopes nobody had seen any of that.