Along the borderline

Nico did have to remind himself he had just met Jack.  For how natural their friendship seemed it was also bright and new.  So it was a relief that the net had just been for fun.  As Jack helps get the net off of him Nico takes a stride away, shaking out his coat of loose sand particles before turning to look between Cal and his net.

Now here is Jacke, one whole day out of living inside his den and he’s got this cool net.  Nico had wondered if the pup might have made it in the den but that wasn’t the case.  He had found it?  So either he found it today or he found it in his den. Hmm.  Now it was Nico’s job to sound knowledgeable!

Siblings surely weighed more than the fish right?  Unless the fish in this huge mass of water were bigger than what he was used to in the river?  Or Jack has real small siblings?  Hm, how did it all work?  Nico looked again at the neck then waded out in the water, feeling the surf rushing over his paws and then away.  “You got funny water ya know.  The water I’m used to doesn’t go back and forth so much.

The coyote pup digs a paw in the sand distractedly as he searches for signs of fish.  No fish but a funny small thing with lots of tentacles jumps away from his feet.  The small octopus is gone in moments.  “Say, that woulda fit in the net.” Glancing back at Jack Nico grins, “well, I figure what we do is we toss the net on the water and let it sit for a bit.  We can come back and see if anything is caught in it!”

It would work or not work right?  It was Nico’s plan so he should sound pretty smart coming up with it right?  “Besides, you said Eden helped you repair it right?  So if something too big damages it some then it's no problem.  I bet Eden can help you fix it again.  Then you watch carefully to try and figure out how it's made.” Brilliant, sheer brilliance!  

"Niko"