gonna break my rusty cage

Once the initial shock of the cold of the water and the sweeping current wore off she managed to open her eyes, surprised by the schools of fish that seemed to make the narrow channel home, small swaths of sea grass and floating seaweed getting pulled along with the current. Of course the fish darted away from her unfamiliar form bobbing in the current. Even if she had seen fish this vibrant before she wasn’t sure she would remember it, and that one, hiding amongst a small stand of what she thought was called kelp - all spots and mouth, well she wasn’t quite sure it wasn’t big enough to swallow her whole head and shoulders without any problems. Her lungs began to burn and she looked up, seeing sunlight ahead and a strange shadow on the bank, shouting something muffled by the water over her head. She kicked for all she was worth, finding it easy enough to counter the current now she was trying. Huh, apparently she could swim.

Her head broke the surface and she gulped in air and a little water too, coughing as she made her way to the shore, hauling herself up by the stranger, knees buckling under her own weight and the water in her fur. Without thinking about what would be polite, she shook her fur out right there, showering the stranger with salt water. "THAT’S THE BIGGEST FISH I EVER SEEN!" She mentioned excitedly between her shakes, adding an extra of her head to try and dislodge the water from her ears, "Or at least I think it is, my memory ain’t so great..." Her tail was waving as she stared at the stranger, or at least, she thought he was a stranger? "I’m Percy, sorry if y’already knew that, memory’s a bit shattered." She mentioned offhandedly before turning to peer down into the depths again, wondering if she could spot the behemoth fish (a grouper) from up here.

"Percy". "Theo".