06-24-2017, 08:23 AM
Oh, goodness, she was tired! Rivers were hard! Still, riding this one back to the ocean was gonna be fun, no doubt about it. Kali lay on the shore, panting and grinning and staring up at the sky, ‘til a voice interrupted her. “H-hey, hey you!” Oooooh, a new friend? Kali thought about sitting up, but her legs felt all wobbly and tiiiiired and didn’t want to cooperate. Instead, she just craned her head around to look, and by the time she managed it, her very newest best friend was right in her face. “H-how did yah do that?”
“Ohhh hi there! Hey, you have pretty eyes, you know that? I’m Kali, what’s your name? Gimme a minute, I’ll get up once my legs are less jelly. Running against the current is harder than I thought!” Kali let her head drop back down to the ground and wiggled her legs experimentally. Nope. Gloopy as puck. No wait, that didn’t sound quite right. Oh well. “How’d I do what? OH! The on the water thing? I’unno, I just do. I can, an’ my Daddy can, an’ my big brother Khari, an’ my big sister Kylie. Not my mommy though. Or my Papa Reilly, or my little big brother Baddie. I’d teach you, but I think it’s a thing you gotsta be able to do. Here! Maybe though! Maybe you can, and you just don’ know it yet!”
Just like that, she suddenly had enough energy to scrabble to her feet, catching herself when she wobbled, even. “C’mere, you can try, and we can find out. It’s not scary at the edges here, even if the river moves fast in the middle. We could try, if you want!” Of course she wanted, though, right? How could she not? It was great fun! Kali grinned over her shoulder at her new brand new friend.
“C’mon, you just put your foot out and you feel the top of the water, right?” She reached out for the surface of the water and just dipped the edge in, letting the water tickle the sensitive under bit that wasn’t all wrapped up in hoofness. “And instead of sinking into it like this,” she went on, letting her hoof sink into the water ‘til she was touching the bottom, “you just keep it on the top!” Pulling her hoof back out, she hopped up onto the top of the water and turned around to grin at New Friend. “Easy peasy! Um, except unless if it isn’t. But you don’t know ‘til you try, right?”
“Ohhh hi there! Hey, you have pretty eyes, you know that? I’m Kali, what’s your name? Gimme a minute, I’ll get up once my legs are less jelly. Running against the current is harder than I thought!” Kali let her head drop back down to the ground and wiggled her legs experimentally. Nope. Gloopy as puck. No wait, that didn’t sound quite right. Oh well. “How’d I do what? OH! The on the water thing? I’unno, I just do. I can, an’ my Daddy can, an’ my big brother Khari, an’ my big sister Kylie. Not my mommy though. Or my Papa Reilly, or my little big brother Baddie. I’d teach you, but I think it’s a thing you gotsta be able to do. Here! Maybe though! Maybe you can, and you just don’ know it yet!”
Just like that, she suddenly had enough energy to scrabble to her feet, catching herself when she wobbled, even. “C’mere, you can try, and we can find out. It’s not scary at the edges here, even if the river moves fast in the middle. We could try, if you want!” Of course she wanted, though, right? How could she not? It was great fun! Kali grinned over her shoulder at her new brand new friend.
“C’mon, you just put your foot out and you feel the top of the water, right?” She reached out for the surface of the water and just dipped the edge in, letting the water tickle the sensitive under bit that wasn’t all wrapped up in hoofness. “And instead of sinking into it like this,” she went on, letting her hoof sink into the water ‘til she was touching the bottom, “you just keep it on the top!” Pulling her hoof back out, she hopped up onto the top of the water and turned around to grin at New Friend. “Easy peasy! Um, except unless if it isn’t. But you don’t know ‘til you try, right?”
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