Along the borderline

With Cal’s new net spread out between him and Nico, Jack looks to his friend for ideas. The coyote pup talks about how the water he is used to not going back and forth so much and wolf pup hums thoughtfully as his icy blue gaze slowly slides over to the water’s edge. It does seem to move a lot… what if it took his net away? A frown tugs his lips down but the sound of Nico digging a paw into the sand has Cal’s focus snapping back to his friend, curious to see what he is doing. Eyebrows shoot up as a small, tentacled creature jumps away from his paws.

Head bobs in agreement to Nico’s assessment, lips again tugging down at the thought of losing his net to the waves. As the coyote pup finishes, Jack speaks up, saying, “Yeah but what if the waves take it away? I could lose it! Maybe we can tie something to one end and then tie the other end to something heavy? And, and that end can stay out of the water! So, I won’t lose the net and we can pull in!” The pup’s worry gives way to relief as he forms a plan to keep his seaweed net safe, after all, it is the very first present he got!

Casting his eyes to the ground around them, Cal spies a rather large stone that would be perfect to weigh down the net… if they can move it. Icy gaze snaps back to Nico as he excitedly points to the object and says, “We could use that! It looks heavy and it would keep my net from getting lost! I bet there is some extra rope in the gear too.” Standing, Jack returns to the scattered fishing equipment and begins digging around for a length of unused rope.

After several minutes, Calico lifts his head up with a triumphant look and some rope dangling from his maw. Trotting the short distance back to his friend, he deposits it on the ground next to his net and waits to see what the wise Nico thinks.


"Calico Jack"