wait no

She paddled lazily up to the surface, rear paws barely grazing the soft sand below water, and shook the water from her eyes. It was nice to be in the ocean, though she wondered if her manatees had returned to the cove yet. With a quiet giggle of delight, she blinked away the crystalline droplets that clung to her dark lashes. Her whole body froze when she spotted the wolf on the bank. That was a stranger. She sniffed cautiously, testing his scent. He bore foreign traces, and she knew right then that he was a northerner. A strangled cry of fear erupted from her, and she attempted to backpedal. In doing so, she ended up inhaling seawater and flailing her way back under the water.

Her lungs shuddered with the effort of expelling the water, all the while she frantically fought back to the surface, coughing and spluttering. Her amber eyes were wide, whites rolling as she tried to keep a fix on the stranger while she hacked ceaselessly to rid herself of the water in her lungs. Her dainty paws slapped the water, sloppy in their attempt to keep her head above the ocean's surface. She was vulnerable now, prime prey for the taking. The dove flapped and squalled nevertheless, rear toes scraping uselessly at the sand beneath her.

OOC: Oh man this is awful sorry, feel free to have him try and rescue her xD be prepared for a lot of squeaking and flailing