Redhawk Caldera i hit the ground running each night

teya laughed. "you are not snake. you are better." she stepped to the lake's edge. "adventure is ... new thing. new experience," she said, slowly and carefully enunciating the word. the fisher dipped a paw into the water and smiled down at sorana. "we go now. ready?"
she gathered the girl up by her nape and tilted her head back. the lakebed she felt beneath her paws before she pushed off, and all of a sudden was swimming.
it was awkward with sorana straining her neck. but she had carried fish and otter and birds from the water, and so she concentrated on getting them to the opposite bank.