For a moment Rit opened her mouth like she was going to say something, but quickly snapped it shut when she realized she'd dug her own grave speaking about Vox as she had. It was mostly a warning to parents, to others that she wanted to protect them while at the same time letting Vox have some freedom...but it always came back to bite her (figuratively). Hard.

A brief look of sadness crossed the young woman's face, followed by what could have been considered a tragic smile, but it was quickly replaced with a stern look as she too turned her gaze towards the little Kelpie in the water.

"Why'd you bite him, Vox?"

"I didn't mean to, for once. He grabbed my ankle and I reacted, that's all. I'm not going to try and kill and eat him, if that's what you're worried about."

Vox started to move over to the side of the pool, his strokes small and consuming. He wanted to stay in the water for as long as he could.

"His blood tastes too gross, like a fish. I don't like fish."

Rit was about to say something more when she noticed the man had drug the other child off, not even leaving her time to apologize, and she sighed. Looks like the pool was a no go from now on.