Diamond in the rough (open)

don't you know there's a part of me

Oooo. Now this snake was talking her language! "Well... I don't seem them often, but we have these things called otters! And they are like... long cats? I haven't seen a cat up close, but I think they look like a cat. Super long and they have short legs and sharp teeth. And they swim!" What a beautiful description of a otter, great job Delta!

And oh- oh. The news brought to her is a real shame. She knew that small cats don't like water, but big cats too? That's super unfortunate. "What does their fur feel like? And they have claws too, yeah? I know they don't like water... but can they still swim?" Surely all animals know how to swim to some extent, right? Otherwise.... how the fuck haven't all the lions just died.

All of the suggestions on how to pry out the object were good ones and she nodded as the snake spoke with her. "Maybe... yeah. Those all sound good. I think I have an idea." It was going to be a combination of what he said. "Could you find me a loose rock? It needs to be stronger than a shell. I think I'm going to push it against the object to try and loosen it out. Dig it into the base." It was an idea and hopefully it'd work out in the end.

that longs to go into the unknown

delta