Tavor tried an uneasy smile. He really wanted to impress Ryu now. "I won't fall in this time. Cross my heart and uh..." he quibbed, and then trailed off "well, I don't really want to die, so uh, just cross my heart?" he shook his little head, trying to clear his confusion. Why would anyone say something like that.
He peered back at the river. It looked just as cold and foreboding as it had the first time. He tried to get up and walk back, but stumbled on a slippery rock, almost falling head first back into the river, just catching himself last second. "Uhm... m-maybe I should just stick with berry hunting..." he finally ventured.
