Learning to face disaster

Gloom didn't seem overly impressed with Corvus's words, but it didn't bother him as much as he expected it to. Maybe because she was a kid, but.. he wasn't as afraid of her opinion of him as he might be of someone else's. Not that he didn't care, he just.. was more worried about helping her and being there for her than any of that stuff, and he had a feeling she needed someone to lean on, even if she didn't particularly want that. She seemed hesitant to follow, but did so anyway; he hoped it wasn't only because he was an older wolf compared to her, but even if that was the only reason, he'd have to be okay with that too.

"So you have a lot to learn," Corvus suggested lightly, glancing over his shoulder and offering him a faint smile. She was quiet, her voice barely audible at all, but he was trying to be attentive to her. Even if she didn't want to be doing this, wanted nothing to do with him at all, Corvus knew he had to try. Even if she pretended to care, maybe it'd make her feel better. He ignored the dark cloud of ash that loomed overhead, instead focusing on the shoreline just ahead of him. The walk there was a silent one, Corvus occasionally glancing behind him to make sure she was following, with him not pressing unwanted conversation.

They reached the water before long, and Corvus paused to assess the situation. The tide looked like it had gone out a bit, and the waves were gentle at the moment, so he wasn't worried about Gloom being swept out to sea - he'd never risk that, if things were too dangerous. Slowly he waded into the water, gesturing for her to join him. "I'm more familiar with fishing in the rapids back home, but there's plenty of fish here too. Just gotta look a bit harder," he admitted, taking a few long strides out further. Occasionally the fish would swim close to the shore, surely searching for bits of seaweed that had washed up close to the beach, but actually snagging them would be tricky. "Here - there's one this way," Corvus directed her, not moving too much in the water so as to not disturb the small fish moving in the shallows. "You should try to grab it. The water's pretty salty though, try not to get it in your eyes." Hopefully she didn't take his advice as condescending - he was just trying to help and get her outside of her head for a bit, and he knew working on some skills wouldn't hurt her in the long run.