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It was so quiet outside, the moon heavy and beautifully round, light trickling through the tree boughs into the water of the swamp. Golden eyes looked out from the shadows, and a red and blue doe steps into the moonlit clearing quietly. She'd been quietly wandering most of her life, ever alone, tending her garden, with a few breaks in the solitude by other kimeti stumbling into her home.

Free's ears flicked back and forth when she heard a noise nearby, and she turned, looking around. She didn't speak, because she wasn't quite sure if what was nearby was friendly or not. She glanced around, and then rolled her shoulders in a kind of shrug before going back to browsing around for snacks. She nibbled here and there at a berry bush, and then frowned slightly as she spotted something white and brown nearby. Curious, she stepped towards it, and sniffed in its direction. Isolated as she was, she could still recognize the scent of a buck, and she grinned slightly. "Hello?" she murmured softly, not wanting to startle him.

Smiling slightly at the buck, Free lowered her head slightly, returning the greeting. "My name's Flowing Freely...Call me Free..." she grins, and then blushes a bit. "Would you like to come to my garden? Some of my plants are ripe already...And I've some lovely flowers ready for eating, if you'd like. I've even got a tide pool..." she smiled, and looked towards her little glade.

Your stomach cut off your name, by the way...What is it?" Free asks, turning and trotting into the woods a ways, browsing on some berries, and collecting a few that were almost ready to fall anyway. She'd plant them, and have more berries next year. "The fish in the pool were a pain to try to get. Took me three days to get them from the river to the deep pool I keep them in."

"Hm...Well, I've got enough for the moment, I suppose. But if you can take one or two without hurting or killing them, to put them in the pools, the river's right over...here..." Free smiles slightly, trotting away a bit. The sound of water trickling could be heard. The river itself was sluggish and shallow, and fish could be seen near the banks.

"When we get back to the pools, you can have some of the older, larger fish that I've been raising," Free smiles over her shoulder at him. "I don't eat fish, myself, but I know a few Kimeti who do, and, judging by the ear droop you gave me, you do." She chuckles slightly as she looks into the water, and then tentatively steps in. "It's a little cold, but not too deep..."

"I can understand that... How long have you had that snake of yours?" Free asks softly, staring down into the water quietly, curiously still. She was waiting for the first sign of a fish...And sure enough, a few moments later, she spotted one near Grasswhistle. "There's a fish to your left, Grasswhistle... Think you can get him?" she asks softly, a playful look in her eyes. She could tell there was another one nearby her own legs, and was waiting for it to get closer.

Free smiles, watching as he fails, and then easing her muzzle into the water. She is careful to take a deep breath before dipping her nose into the water. She waits until the fish swims by, and catches the fish by its tail, lifting it, and trotting over to a tidepool, dropping the fish in quickly. "Got mine! We need one more... maybe two, if we can manage it..." Free smiles, trotting back into the water. "Can you get the snake to help without swallowing them?