Lets dance, baby

She would hear the soft gurgle of his noise through the water, a sound that almost sounded like laughing, but as she resurfaced, jaws empty once more she would see his face as composed and serious as ever ? no, she had imagined it, it seemed to take a lot to break his stoic mask and she didn't have what it took. All the same, she was grateful his command to leave had turned into this allowance to get to know her, for her to prove to him she was not a threat to him. She wondered then if once of her own had done that damage to him, but dismissed the thought as quickly, it could have been anyone, here or there, and even if she could ask him she was beginning to doubt he would answer.



They where a fairly quite pair, but that could mean anything, he may well be a chatty sort amongst those he knew, and those who could understand his language, even if she had her sneaking suspicious that he was much like this always, stony, composed, unwavering. She went down again, fishing about and coming up empty. She really had thought this had looked easy, but she was finding out the hard way the challenge it proposed. As she came up again she would feel a nudge on her shoulder and she would glance over at him to see the bulb in his mouth. A grin of pleasure would sweep across her mouth as she realised he had one, and would darken again just as quickly as she realised he had beaten her at the game. She would notice also his reaction, pulling away from her, and would hide her smile by ducking under the water again. Perhaps she was cracking away his armour, even if there was only the finest ripple of cracks so far, it was a start. She came away empty jawed again and swiped at the water with her paw, angry at herself for loosing something that had looked so easy. She dove beneath the water this time, determined that she would come up with a prize or wouldn't come up at all. She moved her nose about in the water, her eyes open against the weight of the water, blurring and barely visible as she snapped about. She was running out of ear when something teased against her lips, she pried open her jaws slowly and breathed in the tiniest amount of water, pulling the seaweed towards her. Her head thrashed to the surface and she choked on the water she had inhaled, careful to keep the seaweed to the side of her jaw as cleared her airways and turned back to the boy, triumphant ? he had gotten one first, yes, but she had gotten their in the end.

"Speech"