something fowl is afoot

The giant's pale pink eye watched as the pup considered his words then sank further under the water. She gave a questioning quack and it was incredibly difficult to keep from laughing. Instead, Chimera put on a very serious face and nodded his head. "Very convincing," he assured the girl. "No one would ever know that you were a badger and not a duck." Just to tease a bit. Of course she wasn't a badger, he simply wanted to see her reaction. The father in him urged him to do so.

Chimera lowered his head to his paws and continued to watch the girl, wondering if she would come out of the water or stay within. "Does this duck have a name?" The brow above his unseeing white eye lifted as he questioned her. As of yet, Chi had no idea who the kid was.

"Speech"