Innocent until death

*Suspense* · Updated 04/30/23:

Suspense's thrashing and paddling paws was slowing and she swore a dark shadow came over her. And that's because it quite literally did, she dimly felt something wrap around her and then she was free, her paws wiggling uselessly as she tried to continue to pull herself up to the surface. Luckily whatever had freed her was clearly interested in not letting her drown. As her head breached the surface she gasped for air, more from instinct than from awareness, though as air started flowing through her body again that was starting to come back too. Though for now she was mostly focused on coughing.

It wasn't until she was laid carefully on the ground though that she thought to look at who had rescued her. God, it had been some time since she'd been around anyone nearly as big as this young man was, by her estimation probably as big as her brothers had been though considering her own diminutive size and her hazy memory of her brothers it was honestly hard to tell. He was giving her instructions on how to breathe and she wanted to chuckle, his clear anxiety was endearing. But instead, she was still coughing so she decided it was probably better to actually follow his advice, once she'd gotten the fit under control she followed his instructions. In through her mouth, out through her nose. As her breathing started to settle Suspense decided she was probably able to talk and start trying to warm herself up now.

She was shivering pretty strongly now, the chill of early spring probably not helping. So warmth first. She wanted to curl in on herself but had learned at least a few things from her mother about treating a near drowning, instead, she extended her limbs, keeping the dampness from being further pressed into her body, she leant her head down and started awkwardly licking at her forelegs, awkwardly because she was trying to lick against the flow of her fur, the better to warm her body up but her angle wasn't exactly making it easy. "Thanks for rescuing me." She said, her voice had never quite lowered the way her mother's had, giving her a higher pitch. "I uh- Kinda didn't see the water before it was too late." She giggled in embarrassment.

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