One fish, two fish

*Valentine* · 08-09-2015, 09:57 PM

Crouching on the bank of the river, Valentine attentively watched the fish that swam around beneath him. The water had eaten away at the bank, leaving a drop off in the side instead of a smooth slope into water, which was exactly why the King had chosen it. Flies buzzed around his ears and caused them to flick, but other than that he remained still, his attention riveted on the water.

Each fish that unwittingly swam by was heavily scrutinized, but all were dismissed. The reasons varied. Too small, too spiny, too...uninteresting. When at last one caught his eye, Valentine leaped for it without hesitation. He hit the water with wide open jaws and, feeling scales across his tongue, slammed his mouth shut. With prize in tow the brute broke the surface and began to paddle back to the bank. He couldn't climb out of the place he'd jumped in, so he had to swim a way to reach a section of the bank that wasn't so steep.

Finding a place, the King hauled himself up and out. The fish, who was still firmly clenched between his teeth, flapped its tail weakly in protest as the brute shook out his coat. Dropping the fish, Valentine eyed it. Well, that settled it. Angelus had come home recently pouting about his inability to catch a fish and Valentine had promised to teach him sometime. Sometime later Valentine had begun to wonder whether or not he was any good at it himself, and so it was for that reason that he'd ventured to the river on this particular day.

Satisfied that his knowledge was at least adequate enough to allow him to catch, and presumably teach, Valentine flopped down on the bank to dry.

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