Waving through a Window
As Torin watched the girl deflate he instantly regretted his decision to make his presence known, he hardly noticed the slight pink tinge her muzzle took on. Her expression said it all, she was less than thrilled that someone had witnessed her tumble. He nodded awkwardly as she confirmed she was alright. She gave a weak laugh and his face softened slightly though he remained mostly impassive. "If it’s any consolation I didn’t really... see it happen." He offered, his gaze sliding away as he found it was too awkward to look at her directly. With a grunt he rose to his paws and in one smooth motion leapt from his perch to the shore of the lake. Or at least that had been what he’d tried to do, instead his paws slipped on the stone, still slightly wet from his swim up and he fell directly into the water. The lake wasn’t particularly deep, especially not for a wolf as big as he but his surprise meant that he had become fully submerged before he realized what had happened. Spluttering he broke the surface and pulled himself up onto dry land. Great! He groaned as he flopped onto his left, now he was cold, soaked through and his right side was aching from where he had hit the water’s surface. Worst of all he had just embarrassed himself in front of a pretty stranger. If the ground could just eat me up right now, that’d be great. |