Lost & Scared

Demonio held himself steady against the bank, talons digging in as deep as they could go into the soil to keep himself from slipping away and dragging Seraphine back into the water again. He could feel the pull of the current tugging at his massive body, trying to carry him away into the delta again, but the man refused to budge, despite how much his legs were trembling from the exertion of hold on to the bank. He could feel the little girl rise atop his shoulders, carefully making her way over him as she lunged to the bank, scrabbling up its side before safely making it into the bank. Once on solid ground she turned around, yelling at him to hurry. Don't worry about me little one. Just stay far away from the bank. I'm coming up. He motioned with his head for her to back up, waiting until she did before making the struggle to get himself ashore.


Hind limbs scrambled at the soil beneath the water, searching for a secure foot hold in order to help himself up. There. His claws snagged on a few rocks imbedded in the dirt and Demonio took his opportunity, haunches tensing as he pushed off the rocks, forelimbs scrambling to reach out and grab a hold of the bank farther up. Right hind paw slipped, causing the ivory man to fall back towards the water but he caught himself, talons raking against the earth as he halted his backwards fall before pushing himself up against, managing to get the front half of his body onto the shore, hind limbs dangling just above the water. Jaws were parted, panting hard from the exertion in the water, mismatched gems flickering to the youth, needing to know if she was okay.





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