nice to sea you again

Strai squinted suspiciously at Spider as he waited for them to come clean. It wasn’t the first time he’d jumped to confusion with the other yearling, and it likely wouldn’t be the last. When Spider did tell him what was going on, he blinked in surprise. He hadn’t been expecting that. Had he ever seen Spider swim? Come to think of it, no, he hadn’t. Spider sounded very worried about it, too. “Why are you scared of the water? It doesn't bite you know” He said, despite his own experience nearly drowning the last time he’d gone in too deep. Details.

But Spider wasn’t finished, and would go on to explain about a flood, and a near death experience they had faced. “Hm.” he said after a moment, and took a step closer to Spider. He awkwardly reached out a paw and patted them below the leg. Yes, comforting. He was very good at it. “Okay, so what do you want to do about now? Are you going to let that fear beat you?” he asked.


"Speech"