Sun Mote Copse She paints me blue again

No further words were needed; a glance was exchanged between the sisters, and then Sugar Glider moved toward the water. Avery hesitated only long enough to spare a glance at her piles of rocks, as though ensuring that nothing would happen to them in her absence, then she followed in her sibling's footsteps. She nearly ran into Sugar's rump, though, when the other girl suddenly paused and then backpedaled, her attention caught by something other than the boulder.

Avery watched as her sister padded a short distance upstream, quickly spotting the object that had piqued Sugar's interest. She couldn't tell what it was either, so she trailed along behind Sugar, squinting at the item. She could see that it was furry, but she still couldn't make out its identity due to its waterlogged fur; at least, until Sugar managed to fish it out and establish that it was the body of a squirrel.

"G-gross," was Avery's helpful comment, accompanied by an exaggerated wrinkling of her nose.