Along the borderline

The puppy dog eyes are not as powerful against Nico and Calico Jack takes note of that. For some reason, adults make strange cooing sounds when he does it but it seems that younglings are immune to it. Interesting. A huge smirk splits his lips as drops the act, laughing jovially at his friend’s words. Jack waves a white paw through the air in a show that he had only been joking. Tail wags as the patchwork trots forward a few steps, saying, “Well, come on then! You’ll really like the inside! Ma keeps the biggest room for us!”

However, Nico’s words have Calico pausing to turn back to his friend, brows furrowing in confusion. He doesn’t want to see the ship? While his net is cool and all, Jack would never think it tops being inside the ship. Maybe Nico is afraid of enclosed spaces? Realization dawns across the pup’s features as he understands that his coyote pup friend might be nervous about going inside. Brain switches tracks and Calico changes course to take Nico to where his net is. As he walks, Jack says, “The net is over here! It is made of seaweed but, when I get bigger, I’ll get one made of rope! Here it is!”

Pulling to stop near some the pirate’s fishing equipment, Calico Jack retrieves his makeshift net that Eden had repaired and drags it over to Nico. Placing it in front of the coyote pup, Calico says, “Okay so this is good catching crabs! You bundle the thing up like this…” White paws squish the soft net together until it resembles a hot dog and says, “Then you put it in your mouth like this…” reaching down he gathers the net in his mouth, one side dangling a little way down his chin and, around the object in his mouth, says, “Then throw it!”

With a mighty flourish, the pup swings his head to the side before whipping it forward and releasing the seaweed net in one smooth motion. It flies toward Nico and, if the pup does not move, the net will land gentle over his head. Tail wags happily as he looks to his friend and asks, “Whatca think? Cool right!” Surely Nico thinks the net is amazing, since it is new and he hadn’t even known how it was used. Small chest puffs out slightly as he looks Nico in a proud gesture. He had shown Nico something new!


"Calico Jack"