Instinctively, Serach's mouth opened as his body hit the water, gasping as he was submerged into the cold liquid. His eyes burned as he blinked furiously, trying to keep them open so he could keep sight of the beaver. But it was futile - this was not a wolf's domain and they both knew it. Kicking his legs angrily, the Bend subordinate pushed himself to the surface, spitting up water as he fought for his first breath of fresh air. The beaver was not kind enough to let him go, his large dull teeth digging into Serach's thigh, pulling him back under again. Why did you have to be so stupid? his brain screamed at him, as once again he parted his lips and attempted to at least look like he was snarling under water.

In all the chaos, they had moved closer to the bank. Thrashing his legs in a wild attempt to both swim and keep the beaver away from him, Serach felt a great feeling of relief as his feet touched the muddy sand of the bottom of the stream. On relatively solid footing once again, the wolf forced his way out of the water, rear first - his front end still preoccupied snapping and snarling at the beaver to keep it away. Thankfully, the beaver was not so foolish to try and pursue him now that he was on land, although the aching in Serach's thigh told him it would not have been as one-sided as a fight as it otherwise would have been, and remained in the water, just its head above as it gnashed its teeth angrily at Serach.

Turning his head, Serach caught sight of Sahalie. Thankfully, the pair were on the same side of the stream, safely away from the pissed off rodents. Limping towards her, Serach tried to smile in a reassuring manner, although it probably came off more as a grimace than anything else. "I may have been a little overconfident," he admitted sheepishly, trying to shrug it off. She looked shaken, but she hadn't gotten into any direct altercation with the beavers, and so otherwise seemed unharmed. "Last time I messed with a beaver, I was with my older siblings and there was only one beaver." No doubt the experience had only served to inflate his confidence, when really, he should have been more careful. "Maybe we should head back to the den? It's cold out here." Shaking his body to illustrate his point, he sent water droplets everywhere, leaving melted holes in the snow where they landed.