Bearclaw Valley pack and forth

merrick let out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding; he looked at ico with the manner of a bro clapping another bro's shoulder. "i'm relieved that you get it," he muttered, swallowing. and glancing away with another side rippling through his body. 
they'd come to the river, and merrick splashed into it gratefully. he plunged beneath the surface, came up with a gasp and a greatly restored humour to his scar-rife features.