Thank you. [She looks... surprisingly, a little embarrassed by the praise, her cheeks turning pink with a mix of that and pleasure. It's been so long since she's had her tail back to swim with, the fact that she still hadn't lost her touch... Well, it was nice to hear.
Besides, who didn't like hearing things like that?
Right, a race! She had to focus! She blinks and shakes her head to clear it, angling her body towards the ledge now.]
On count of three? [A pause. They counted down, right? Right.] 3. 2. 1. Go! [And she's off, keeping in mind that she has to keep to the surface more than she would have liked. She won't dishonor this by cheating, though, just feeling the water glide across skin and scale and how free she felt in her natural habitat. It wasn't the sea, exactly, but it was still water, untouched b chemicals and the like humans seemed to like to dump in their pools.
The race hardly mattered anymore in the face of this.]
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Besides, who didn't like hearing things like that?
Right, a race! She had to focus! She blinks and shakes her head to clear it, angling her body towards the ledge now.]
On count of three? [A pause. They counted down, right? Right.] 3. 2. 1. Go! [And she's off, keeping in mind that she has to keep to the surface more than she would have liked. She won't dishonor this by cheating, though, just feeling the water glide across skin and scale and how free she felt in her natural habitat. It wasn't the sea, exactly, but it was still water, untouched b chemicals and the like humans seemed to like to dump in their pools.
The race hardly mattered anymore in the face of this.]