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It wasn't like she only ever sat around water and stared at it longingly, but it seemed to be her preferred state of being whenever she was near other animals. She didn't mind, though, that she was getting a weird reputation in the rogue lands- she just wanted to be near water. Her travels had brought her back to the coast, where she looked out onto the ocean with nothing but longing in her eye. Oh, how she longed to be a creature of the sea!

The idea of being in the water, swimming around and seeing all its secrets, was amazing to her. She had no idea if such a thing were possible, but she wanted it to be. She had been told by a hyena that making a wish in a magical pond would make her the sea creature she wanted to be, and she had wished for it just as she had been told. However, nothing had really happened. It seemed as though she had been lied to, if only because the hyena had wanted something to eat and had gotten her to fish for him. It was a shame to think such a thing was true.

Maybe she would wait just a couple more hours, then she would leave and see if she could find another way to make her dream come true.

Nguva loved the sea, but she had to think that maybe the lioness she had met had made some good points. Maybe there was more to life than just looking out at the water and wishing for a better life. She couldn’t be a sea animal, she had learned that much from the lying wizard-who-wasn’t –a-wizard Vakasa. Magic wasn’t a real thing, so there was no way she would be able to make a wish and become a fish or a shark or something like that.

So maybe she did need to live like she was a fish… but on land. Something like that. She was sure she would figure it out. But first- she was going to figure out what was going on with the lioness she had spotted not far from her!

“Hello!” She howled, leaping over to the female.

“My name is Nguva! Are you alright? You look sad!” She didn’t like seeing others sad, and usually made it her business to try and cheer them up.

"Cloudy thoughts?" Hummed Nguva, "I think I've had those before! Like you don't really know what you're thinking, but you're thinking anyway! I don't like when I think like that- it makes me feel pouty." He ears flattened against the sides of her head, as if to show what she was talking about, before bouncing back upright again as she offered another bright smile. "So I try not to think like that too much! Even if things are weird and confusing, it's good to try and keep smiling! It seems to bring the good back away from the clouds."

When the other asked what she was doing there, she smiled. "I was here waiting to be turned into a fish," she hummed lightly, aware that probably sounded crazy. She was sure, though, that if she heard about the wizard and how she was going to get a wish granted, she would TOTALLY understand.

Totally.

"Oh, well, you did look a little sad! I was worried so I thought I would come and say hello. I hope that didn't make it worse!" But she seemed to be smiling, so that was a good sign. She liked it when others smiled more than she liked smiling herself.