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The heat was hell on this male. Being mainly black had it's perks, but at the same time, in a hot, dry summer, like it was, it had more drawbacks than perks. He was over heating. He knew that much. Mamoru's tongue was out, panting hard as he rested in the shade of a nearby bush. It wasn't big enough for him, but it was something. Being in direct sunlight hurt the male to no end. He suffered, frequently, from headaches because of the sun. A smarter move would be to go to the watering hole he smelt, tub it smelled like it was so far away. That or it was tiny.

His brown eyes squinted as he got up from his spot and trotted across the dead grass, listening to it crackle under his paws. The cracks in the ground were scratching up the pads of his paws, and made it difficult to walk. Grunting his discomfort, the spotted male found the 'lake' that he'd smelled. Well... It was basically gone. On the other side he saw another male, his head tilted to the side and his ears flicked. Did he say hello?

Well, not right now. He slid down the banks, through the mud and sighed. The mud felt good on his way too hot pads for him to complain about. While it was warm, it was a hell of a lot cooler than the cracked earth. Without even worrying about it, he moved in deeper to the lake, finally getting to the water and lapped up at the liquid, soothing his parched throat. "Gods above, there needs to be rain soon," Mamoru muttered, his voice deep but not quite rumbling.

Of course Mamoru had seen how on edge the other male seemed to be, which is why he didn't really react. Why bother being on edge as well when he knew it would lead to a useless fight? His head sank further into the water, submerging his nose to get bigger gulps of water, not able to help it. Right now he really wanted to just flop down and roll around in the liquid until he wasn't panting so bad. Alas, he was going to be chatting with another male, it seemed like.

He watched the male attempt to fish before he waded into the water until it was up around his knees. "Try to catch the fish with your mouth." He spoke in a low tone, even lower than before as he stayed completely still. After a few minutes, he felt a fish brush against his leg. He waited until he could make it out just in front of him and then threw his head down, striking quickly and came up with a fish flopping about between his jaw.

Smirking, he looked over to the male and moved to his side of the lake before dropping it down. "I'm Mamoru. You can have this fish, if you want it. I wanted an excuse to put my head in the water."

When Madi introduced himself, the male had to blink. Indeed, that was a mouthful to say! So, Madi he would be. It was an easier name to remember. "Well, Madi. I'll eat this fish, then.." The laid-back male laid down and put the fish between his paws, starting to bite into it, sighing when it finally stopped flopping around. His eyes closed as he savored the meal and mentally groaned. It'd been a long time since he'd had fish. Lately, Mamoru had taken to eating the small ones of a zebra herd that sometimes came near by this watering hole.

He startled when he head a splash of the other's head and then grinned at the sight of the fish. "Be careful about the-" and he was cut off because it had already happened. "...I should have told you sooner! They will hit you in the face to try to get you to let go!" Well, now he felt like he was being Captain Obvious. Sighing, he shrugged and took another bite out of the fish. "Try again. Now you know about the fin slap, so just don't let go."