13.Feb.21, 09:14 AM
After reassuring A’tay that he wouldn’t become boring company, Kalea managed to sit quietly for all of five minutes before she became bored and started to fidget. She wriggled her toes, tapping them together as her feet rocked on her heels; she picked at her fingernails, chewed her bottom lip, stared up at the clouds and then sighed mightily. A’tay wasn’t boring company! What he was doing was actually pretty interesting and she had a slight worry he might hurt himself with the tools he was using to make the shapes appear. But sitting still was never her forte.
Glancing around, she spotted a tide pool not far away, and gave a happy chirp sound as she suddenly slid off the rock to land in the sand with a flutter of her half-dry skirt. Not looking up at A’tay, Kalea skipped over to the pool and peered in, biting her bottom lip again and shifting carefully so she could see the creatures in the water without startling them into hiding. Sinking down to her knees on the rocky edge, she reached in and gingerly poked at something a couple of times. When it didn’t do anything scary, Kalea picked it up. She held it up in front of her nose and examined the creature for a few moments, before grinning and flowing upwards to stand once more.
Spinning on the balls of her feet, Kalea trotted over to where A’tay was still sitting on the rock and working on his chess pieces. She paused before him, the creature in her hand outstretched slightly, before deciding she didn’t want to interrupt his work so she turned towards Xyxyth and quickly closed the distance between them, gushing as she went; “Xyxyth! Look what I found!” she held the creature out to him. It was a bit bigger than her hand and wriggled slightly as she held it out. A big sea slug that felt slimy and was funny colours.
“Isn’t it amazing! I don’t know what it is, but I love it! I’m going to call it Stew!” she giggled. “I wonder if it would taste good in a stew? Do you want to eat it?” She held it out to him with another giggle, not really expecting the dragon to do so. But it was polite to ask! She giggled gleefully when he declined, and turned to run back to the tidepool so she could dig out something else to show the cheerful bronze dragon.
Glancing around, she spotted a tide pool not far away, and gave a happy chirp sound as she suddenly slid off the rock to land in the sand with a flutter of her half-dry skirt. Not looking up at A’tay, Kalea skipped over to the pool and peered in, biting her bottom lip again and shifting carefully so she could see the creatures in the water without startling them into hiding. Sinking down to her knees on the rocky edge, she reached in and gingerly poked at something a couple of times. When it didn’t do anything scary, Kalea picked it up. She held it up in front of her nose and examined the creature for a few moments, before grinning and flowing upwards to stand once more.
Spinning on the balls of her feet, Kalea trotted over to where A’tay was still sitting on the rock and working on his chess pieces. She paused before him, the creature in her hand outstretched slightly, before deciding she didn’t want to interrupt his work so she turned towards Xyxyth and quickly closed the distance between them, gushing as she went; “Xyxyth! Look what I found!” she held the creature out to him. It was a bit bigger than her hand and wriggled slightly as she held it out. A big sea slug that felt slimy and was funny colours.
“Isn’t it amazing! I don’t know what it is, but I love it! I’m going to call it Stew!” she giggled. “I wonder if it would taste good in a stew? Do you want to eat it?” She held it out to him with another giggle, not really expecting the dragon to do so. But it was polite to ask! She giggled gleefully when he declined, and turned to run back to the tidepool so she could dig out something else to show the cheerful bronze dragon.