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shikoba has taken notice to the new young lady that has been sticking her nose around the children, but with the comfort of knowing that moon woman sees her as a trustworthy being, shikoba feels no need to intervene.

"that's very brave of you to call for help," she says to her daughter thoughtfully, "decisions like those can save lives." she is glad that there is no seemingly fear for asking for help, at least not yet. Mojag had seemingly picked up a tiny bug about not wanting to be a bother, so now shikoba must have a tiny bit of worry that her other children may come to inherit it too.

she is perhaps too young to learn to swim, but shikoba would test to see just how far she could get with ajei's own willingness to learn and please. a small laugh is given when she hears the high-pitched giggles, and shikoba comes to nod her head at the comment. 

"when you travel deeper into the river, you will feel the current pull at your legs." a few steps deeper now to where if ajei followed, the water would come to perhaps the middle portion of her legs. the pull of the current is present, but until they went deeper, shikoba had little fear of the consequences. "most times, you can fish in the shallower parts if you are still enough to not scare the fish."