Blobby or not, Raleigh thinks it's the coolest thing ever, and splashes him
the minute he reappears, laughing and ducking under -- not that he can get
away from something so fast.
He'll bump into the back of the human and swim away fast before it can grab at him again, a sort of game of tag that's deep in Chuck's favor.
Whenever it looks like the human's forgetting how far it should go, Chuck nudges him closer to shore again. He's not saving your life twice in one day, come on.
He appreciates that. But it's hard to catch Chuck and tag him back, because
he's so much faster and Raleigh ends up sitting on his ass in the shallows,
panting.
Yeah and Chuck's the only pup his age in the pod, aside from Mako and she's yeah a GIRL and thus the enemy. He chews on his lip and sort of looks around like he's expecting his mom to show up and scold him.
"...Okay but this has to be secret playing." Chuck is so serious for an eight year old. "Nobody can know or it's gonna be real dangerous for both of us." More Chuck, really, but he's seen his dad overturn boats to protect his family, even if he's pretty sure his dad wouldn't hurt a kid. P r e t t y sure.
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....still pretty blobby, considering his age, but swimming circles around the human.
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Blobby or not, Raleigh thinks it's the coolest thing ever, and splashes him the minute he reappears, laughing and ducking under -- not that he can get away from something so fast.
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Whenever it looks like the human's forgetting how far it should go, Chuck nudges him closer to shore again. He's not saving your life twice in one day, come on.
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He appreciates that. But it's hard to catch Chuck and tag him back, because he's so much faster and Raleigh ends up sitting on his ass in the shallows, panting.
"This isn't a fair game!"
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He's been told again and again and again not to reveal himself to humans, but he needs to talk back to this one.
"It's not my fault you swim so slow!" he retorts, sitting up without a trace of modesty.
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Holy shit--
"Holy shit!"
He yelps, shouting the bad word and not giving one flying fuck about it.
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Chuck hunches, holding his pelt close (that at least is an easy thing to remember and obey, to never let anyone else touch it).
"Well you do," he mutters.
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He's totally gaping.
Then grinning brilliantly.
"That's so cool! How'd you do that?!"
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Chuck smiles a little cautiously.
"I dunno, I just do."
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"Really?"
Raleigh's beaming from ear to ear.
"Do it again! Can you do it again?"
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That's important. If Chuck can't follow it for one human, the human has to promise to follow it.
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"I promise." He holds his hand up.
"Scouts honor."
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...and wraps the pelt around himself again and then there's an adolescent seal splashing around happily.
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"It means I wont," he says helpfully before Chuck does it -- and when he does, Raleigh is utterly gleeful, clapping his hands together and laughing.
How. Cool.
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It's incredibly cool, and he's cute as hell, too.
"Come back, lemme see your face again!"
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"What's your name?"
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He beams.
"Raleigh. What's yours?"
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"Why'd you come out here?"
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"Chuck. Okay."
He shrugs and looks up, scratching his head, all awkward legs and knobby knees.
"Wanted a swim."
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"Humans aren't supposed to go there," he says simply. " 's dangerous."
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Raleigh grins, it's a little crooked. He shrugs.
"Yeah. I've noticed."
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Though Chuck's sort of shrugging only one shoulder. He wants to keep playing, wants Raleigh to come back.
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He wrinkles his nose. You're the only friend he's made, Chuck. Yancy is older and therefore Raleigh isn't cool and Jaz is a GIRL.
"But I wanna play..."
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"...Okay but this has to be secret playing." Chuck is so serious for an eight year old. "Nobody can know or it's gonna be real dangerous for both of us." More Chuck, really, but he's seen his dad overturn boats to protect his family, even if he's pretty sure his dad wouldn't hurt a kid. P r e t t y sure.
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