Along the borderline

Calico throws the net at his friend, the sudden realization on Nico’s face when he understood where it was going to land was priceless. Now, Jack may be a lot of things but he never ever had a malicious thought when throwing the net at his friend. Enemy? Nope. Ill planed joke? Yep! The way that alarm crosses his friend’s features has the pup’s smug grin faltering and worry flashing across his face.

But Nico seems to understand that Jack isn’t trying to being mean (well, he hopes anyway) and that it was all a joke. His friend admits defeat and Calico Jack chuckles, looking down at Nico’s paws as his friend’s gaze moves downward. Hmm. Seems the net can trap the paws even when thrown over the body! Good to know. Icy blues look back at his friend as he begins to talk and the smaller pup’s tail wags.

Nico speaks and Jack nods his head enthusiastically, saying, “Oh I just said its good for crabs ‘cus that’s what I’ve caught with it so far! Eden says I can use it to catch my siblings too! We could try to catch fishes with it but I see the adults use ones made of rope for that. Uh, I didn’t make it but I found it! Eden repaired it for me and it’s been mine ever since.”

Calico Jack puffs out his chest in pride leaving out the part where he has has only had the net for a day. Nico doesn’t need to know that! Stepping forward, Calico leans in, lifting the net up and off his friend. Stepping back, Jack then lays the seaweed net in between them, allowing Nico to inspect his toy. Since his friend is older and, knows more, the patchwork pup looks to him for advice, asking, “Think it can be used for other stuff?” If anybody would know that answer, it has to his friend! Nico is smart, after all.


"Calico Jack"