Able chuckled watching Till and Rayne fishing in the stream down from him. He was amused watching them. Till was muttering under her breath and was soaked entirely while Rayne was patiently prancing up and down the stream herding the fish toward Till. He was wet too from the occasional dive making sure the fish didn’t escape his poorly tangled net area. It had taken Rayne days to tangle up a makeshift net to use for fishing so even though it wasn’t all that good Able wasn’t going to stop him from using it. Rayne really did better with ground hunting things like rabbits and deer. Able had always been a fisher fox so that kind of hunting never interested him, Rayne was good at it but still seemed to instist on fishing occasionally with his father for some reason. Able chuckled and turned his head to focus back on the trout that was hiding under a log. Slithering forward he slid onto the half submerged log and curled his tail under the log twitching his tail he felt the tug of the fish biting his fluffy tail. Tugging the tail out he dropped his head quickly and snapped the fish between his jaws. Jumping up he moved along the log with purpose and dropped the fish on the shore far enough from the edge of the water it wouldn’t be able to flop back in. He had turned with the idea of snagging more fish but when he heard a huge splash as Till leaped at a fish and somehow tackled Rayne causing the edge of the net to drop and all the fish that were half trapped there to escape he just sighed. There would be no good fishing here for a while. Half a day would be enough to get things settled back over again, so he figured he should share his haul with the others to ease the sting of loss. “Till. Rayne.” He nodded his head to the fish he had gathered and watched as the pair gathered the mess of a net and came over. He thought this might happen so he had been preparing for it and had a fair haul he had stealthy gotten while the pair had been working on their coordination. He had caught at least twelve fish. “fill the net.” His ear’s flicked as he started to brush the water and mudd off his fur. He tried not to laugh at Till’s grumbling about getting better so she wouldn’t need a handout. She was so stubborn even when getting help. He had learned to turn a deaf ear to the grumbles and watch her actions from when she was a kit. The day she grew was an odd one for him. It seemed she had been a kit so long she didn’t think she would ever grow, but it had been the safety that he and Ryari had provided that seemed to give her the time she needed to get bigger. She looked enough like Able that she fit in well with the family he thought. She had been a bit distant since she grew up before they had kits of their own but was still in the forest. She got one well with Rayne and fished with him each time Rayne came out with Able to fish. Able was glad that Rayne had a friend and Till knew she was still family even if not related by blood. He found it cute that Rayne was so relaxed when fishing but did so poorly and Till was a rather angry mess half the time but was good at catching fish if she dived for it. He didn’t know if they could ever make a great fishing team but they did alright much of the time.
The pair loaded up the fish and took it back to the other family members. Ryari and the kids were out but getting things ready was fine as he was sure they would be back soon and hungry. “Till are you staying?” He watched her shake her head and snag a fat fish before trotting off. He shrugged and sat down with his son. They ate for a short time in silence until Able had finished a fish off himself. “Rayne I have a question for you. I know that there are a number of foxes that when they grow up they want to see more of the world. I think your sister and brother may be planning something of the sort. I was curious if you wanted to see more the world than just this little forest. Of course you don’t have to go, but I wanted to get your thoughts on the matter.” Able wasn’t really he phrased it alright. His mate would have been able to do it better. He looked at his son but couldn’t figure out the other fox’s expression. Deciding not to press he just waited for Rayne to speak next after he has sorted out this thoughts.
“I’m thinking about making a short excursion or two but I don’t think I’ll go far. I don’t really need to see much of the world father.” Those simple words made Able relax. He didn’t even know he had been tense until then. “If you say so Rayne. I won’t hold you too it if some vixen comes in and sweeps you away though. I know after meeting your mother I would have followed her anywhere.” Able still blushed thinking about how pretty Rayne was and how she just seemed to be perfect to him not only back then but now as well. The fact she had decided to stay in his forest made him very pleased and want to provide for her as much as he could. He knew having at least one of the kids stay close to home would make her happy but he would not force any of them to stay after all it was in a youth’s nature to wander and explore. It was how Ryari found him and he wouldn’t begrudge his children that chance in life.
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