Hey everyone! This is a small story for the contest on Looji's page (SMALL CHARACTER CONTEST).
I really like the pic, and this story was the first that popped into my head. It's their first meeting. They don't have names, so I kept it simple.
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At first, it had only been a passing glance as he surfaced from the lake. He’d been fighting off the birds that wanted to eat the lake’s fish; the birds were relentless in their efforts, but then again, so was he. He’d broken the calm surface of the water, shaking his fist at the latest in a long line of obstinate kin