Noctisardor Bypass life is about creating yourself.

lol that warning <333

Fig didn't sense right away that he was not so alone in the Bypass as he'd thought. He was distracted by the stream, which he moved into only as far as it took for the water to reach his ankles. He stopped then and wriggled his toes on the rocky ground that made up the stream's bed, shutting his eyes then and taking a deep breath. He stood still for a couple of minutes, re-centering himself and trying to live in the now when suddenly, the now had his eyes popping back open to look down at the stream that flowed past his legs.

It was their little nibbles that drew his attention. Fig could've sworn they hadn't been there before, but they were certainly there now—minnows, hundreds of them swarming around his feet as they tried to take a bite out of his toes. "Aren't I a little big for you guys to take down?" he said to them with a smile and a gentle wag of his tail, "I admire your confidence, but this borders on delusion."