Into deep waters we tread. [Joining]

Every step Nick took little splashes would follow suit. Always he would walk along the riverbanks, never quite leaving the gentle river?s side. Why would he ever want to leave the river anyways? It had food, water was an obvious one, but it also gave him somewhere to go almost a purpose of a sort. Every day he would wake up, and follow the river, and he didn?t worry about what happened next, because as long as he followed the current he would never be lost. The river was Nick?s do all be all solution to every problem. Nope you couldn?t go wrong with the river. Well at least you couldn?t go wrong until the river took you into another wolves clearly marked territory, but Nick was too deep in thought to notice, or even care. ?What am I going to do when I reach the end?? Nick really hadn?t really a plan for when he reached the end of the river. Perhaps he would just backtrack and start the whole adventure over again, but he couldn?t just follow the river forever could he? Of course he could, or he didn?t really have a choice. Without the river how would he eat? Then right on queue as thoughts about food crossed through his mind, a small problem arose as Nick?s belly let out a low rumble, demanding fresh fish. This wasn?t really a problem though. A little fishing would help pass the time wonderfully.

Changing course he waded deeper into the river and let it carry him along. The best way to catch a fish was to let the fish catch itself. It had been server minutes now and Nick rode the current downstream with his muzzle low in the water; he was almost completely motionless. Then just as Nick predicted a fish swam by, nearly brushing against his side. The second he could feel the fish passing by he twisted his body at a seeming impossible angle and snatched the fish out of the water with incredible speed and grace. Wiggling a few times the fish tried to escape, but this was not a fight it was going to win. With his catch now securely held in his jaws Nick swam to the river bank and settled down in preparation to eat his prize.