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Ru'yah attempted a nod as she floated on the water. She also started breathing through her nose again. Calm, she just needed to be calm. The lioness continued floating around for a few more mintues before she made up her mind. "Alright," she said, "let's try something new."

The lioness nodded her head. She moved her right front paw, then her left one; as to get comfortable with the movements. Then she took a gulp of air and started kicking her back feet. They were mostly underwater, but Jaryx was still likely to feel the splashes of water hitting his face.

Even so, Ru'yah truly felt she was doing well. Though she was clearly at least a little wrong with that judgment.

"Alright." She said, and attempted to follow the cheetah. This however was the big downfall to Ru'yah's swimming knowledge. Indeed, it appeared she had a basic gasp of how to keep afloat; however her ability to swim in itself was in desperate need of improvement. She could only paddle herself a whole five feet before her hind legs kicked more and more above water and not under like they should be. This infulenced another almost-drowning spell, she splashed and kicked until she latched onto soild ground again.

Ru'yah spit out water and flattened her ears against her head. This was going to be harder than she orignally thought it would. "I'm fine." She muttered. Her ears perked up again, she had noticed she had forgotten to say something. "Oh, thanks for teaching me to swim." She said. "It's kind of silly to not know, isn't it?" The lioness laughed slightly. She shifted her feet under the water, she liked swimming, it made her feel like she was hovering around in the sky. And it cooled her down, she, having a black pelt, was one to desperately need that. "How long will it take to learn?" She asked. She wanted to learn as quickly as possible. What if there was an unexpected flood, and she still didn't know how to swim! That wouldn't be good, at least if she knew to swim, she could try and swim to higher ground during a flood.

"Alright." She might completely ignore that suggestion later. In the mean time she rolled over, completely out of the water as well. "Are you leaving?" She asked. If Jaryx had intentions of leaving, she'd follow him. She wouldn't dare admit to it at the moment, but having this cheetah as company was starting to make her feel more lonely when she wasn't near him. Even if he told her to go away, she might ignore that too. Because for once in Ru'yah's life, she was starting to feel the impact of not having any friends to talk to. To be more persise, she was starting to feel more lonely than she had before. Not many strangers bothered to talk to her, and in return she didn't talk to them. This all led up to the fact that Jaryx was the lioness's new B.F.F, if one could call it that. Well, at least she was happy, and in reality that was all that really mattered. "Wherever your going, I'm coming. Because..." She struggled for a reason. Then she shrugged and said the first thing that popped into her head. "I'm Bo~red."

Ru'yah smiled. Good, he didn't mind! Ah, that mean't she could relax. Well, somewhat. If the duo were going to start travelling now that would mean more walking for the lioness. Oh well. She'd just shrug it off and follow Jaryx. Easy, and simple. She good never stress enough how much she liked the word simple. "I still need to learn to swim." She pointed out the obvious. "So lets find somewhere with water." She considered rolling around in the grass more, but instead stood up and shook the excess water off her coat. She could relax later though, because soon it would be night. And she really didn't think Jaryx would walk all night after this exiciting day... Would he?