Jigano listened and learned as Delta described the mammals of the sea and their different fur, intrigued and curious. I'd like to see one of them, too, he agreed, wondering if they could somehow manage a creature-exchange. Temporarily, of course, so the poor beasties could go back to their proper habitats afterwards. What kind of furred creatures live in the sea?
Her question on lions had him pausing and he swayed uncertainly in the waves for a moment as he thought. The lions of my world's plains didn't swim often. I don't think they liked it. Many cats don't like water very much, and lions are great big cats. As big as... hmm. It was hard to make comparisons when Delta seemed to know so little of land and he knew so little of the sea. Their heads reach about halfway up a standing human when they're on all fours. And they weight about twice as much as a human man, all muscle.
Jigano followed her down with his serpentine head, peering from a safe distance from her spines as she worked to cut the net free. Once in a while he would go up for air, but the python could hold his breath far longer than a human and mostly he just watched and pondered the object's entrapment, trying to stay out of Delta's way. Hmmm. I'm not strong enough to break the rocks, and it's not like we can grease something underwater, he mused. Can we use the remnants of the net that are still wrapped around it to try and pull the thing loose? Bracing against the rocks to get more leverage? Or should we try and dig more of the sand beneath away first? She knew more about retrieving items from the sea than he did, so he wasn't sure which would work better. The stone in his mouth was taking on a decidedly salty tang, too, making him thirsty as he spoke through it on the Attuned bond.
Her question on lions had him pausing and he swayed uncertainly in the waves for a moment as he thought. The lions of my world's plains didn't swim often. I don't think they liked it. Many cats don't like water very much, and lions are great big cats. As big as... hmm. It was hard to make comparisons when Delta seemed to know so little of land and he knew so little of the sea. Their heads reach about halfway up a standing human when they're on all fours. And they weight about twice as much as a human man, all muscle.
Jigano followed her down with his serpentine head, peering from a safe distance from her spines as she worked to cut the net free. Once in a while he would go up for air, but the python could hold his breath far longer than a human and mostly he just watched and pondered the object's entrapment, trying to stay out of Delta's way. Hmmm. I'm not strong enough to break the rocks, and it's not like we can grease something underwater, he mused. Can we use the remnants of the net that are still wrapped around it to try and pull the thing loose? Bracing against the rocks to get more leverage? Or should we try and dig more of the sand beneath away first? She knew more about retrieving items from the sea than he did, so he wasn't sure which would work better. The stone in his mouth was taking on a decidedly salty tang, too, making him thirsty as he spoke through it on the Attuned bond.
