Something about the creature’s fur must have been water-repellent, or especially buoyant, or had some other sort of wondrous floating powers, since it seemed to bob its way along to shore quite happily, even with Arty on its back. Now she’s been safely deposited, it was back to its ways of standing around and looking very fluffy in the background.
Of course, someone had to approach and ruin that. It didn’t recognise this person well, and he didn’t seem to be approaching with pets in mind…
It looked back at Jack with its beady eyes. Yes, it was here! And it would prove that by staring down this person who made such an obvious statement!
