way down south

Walk | Talk | Think

She was still staring into the water when Kyarst ventured closer to peer as she did below the water's surface, and the answer he gave took her completely by surprise. Brow furrowing in confusion, the girl lifted her head and turned it to set her puzzled expression upon her company, noting only fleetingly his closeness while the better majority of her mind struggled to understand how he could have answered as he had. Nothing in water? It was as strange and baffling as saying there were no hares or foxes in the woods!

"Yeah there is," she responded somewhat heatedly, very much certain that she was right and willing to back her opinion completely. "There's always fish," Anais informed him, though on second thought she added with less certainty, "or at least there usually is." It was not often that she could find a body of water that lacked any fish, usually only those few ponds that were either too small or lacked a decent river or stream to feed it. But this lake had had one and her yellow-gold eyes shifted toward the location with a renewed determination. Perhaps, if she was lucky...

"Here, I'll show you." The grey-gold girl spoke confidently as she smiled and padded a little further into the lake, keeping her movements quiet and calm, or as best as she could while she tried to impress. She had done this a few times before under her mother's supervision, finding success less than half of those attempts. But Anais wa naturally excitable, hard to keep still and lacking the necessary patience. Here, right now, she had a reason to do her best, to show off what she had been taught and what she was sure she could do. Her brow puckered again but this time in concentration, her body holding still as she continued to stare into the water expectantly. Hopefully there were fish here, and hopefully they would get close.