Submission (#2324) Approved

Hello !!

I'm sorry on this entry the two characters are a bit small, and the adult may be a bit under the 75/80% body rules to claim the bonus.
I'm claiming it here in case you think it's okay, but feel free to remove it if it's not enough ^ ^
(I really had a composition in main idea this time and realised a bit late that... it may be a bit border line with the rules...)

Take care !!

-… Yay… I can sure lend you my rod, son but… why ?

The fierce looking kittom stared at Tendo with a bit of defiance and answered

- Because I need it to learn to fish. That’s a needed skill for me to know how to survive in the wild and become a scout.

The sun was shining hard on Azha’s sand dunes on this bright afternoon. The caravan was at some rest before moving in another region, near a lovely oasis, providing sweet shadow and fresh water.
The warm wind blew over the kittom hair as he was standing  in front of the adult in a nearly… Challenging attitude.
Tendo looked at him few long seconds… Probably waiting for the missing punchline. But… no, the kittom seemed really serious. He scratched his head and told to the child

-Well, to learn how to fish you need fishes as well and there’s not a single one in this pool for sure.
But I can show you the ropes if you…

-Oh don’t take this line with me old man ! I heard you before !  You told that a good fisher can fish even in a glass of water ! Don’t go easy on me, I’m not a fresh born kittom. I’m nearly a scout I just need to learn how to fish and I’ll taught it myself like I always do !

-It was a joke kiddos…

-Just lend me your rod and I’ll take it from here.

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The rode seemed just fine… So there should have another reason why he was not catching anything since the two hours that just passed.
He started to feel a bit silly… And what if… What if the skilled fishernin was right ? Was it just a joke ? was there no fish in there ? Then why does Tendo seemed to find some in this desert ? Did he… buy them ?

Doubt was growing in him when he saw a dark and big shadow in the water. He gasped, and didn’t have the time to see the shape of it. It went straight to his line and pulled it with so much strength that…. The kittom flew in the air few seconds and felt into the water.

- HEY KID ! WATCH IT ! LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THIS CATCH ! TIME TO WRASSLE IT !

An heavy mess of splashes, screams and laughs followed.

When Tendo caught back the kittom’s vest and finally put him to the ground, he had the biggest trouble to stop himself of laughing. And every fiber of Daim’s body was filled with water and anger.

The adult sat next to him, Daim was too exhausted to run away so… He gave Tendo his best aggressive stare, but it didn’t seem very effective as the blue nin was still laughing and smiling.
Then he spoke with quite the complicit attitude.

- As long as you weight less than a salmon, you won’t be able to fish properly with this rod, son. Fishing is not supposed to be wrestling you know…
But from what I have saw it’s not the fishing skill that you need to learn first.  Swimming is not about fluff floating, messy legs struggling and drinking water.

Daim’s anger grew even stronger.

-If you learn to swim, dive, and stay under the surface for a while, you’ll be able to catch easily crabs and shellfishes and… it would be a good start.
I can teach you how to swim if you want.

The kittom blinked at the adult while thinking. This… This sounded like a good idea, but… He was not comfortable with learning something from an elnin. Finn was his master…

- Well, you know how to find me kid ! I would be glad to help ya on this. I know you can do much Betta than this ! I really believe that to the bottom of my sole.  8D