Hearing Comet's empty paw slap the stone shore made Mayfal feel a little better. They decided that they'd try again. If they caught nothing this time, they'd just wait to get back to Eridanus where there was real food.
They figured they could probably gauge the movements of these fish if they waited just a little longer. They put their paw back in and allowed it to be part of the world under the surface. They felt the seemingly erratic moments of heads and tails and found a pattern. These fish always paused for a certain amount of time between their thrashing. An unexpected thrash upwards would take one by surprise, surely. Mayfal waited for one to pause on top of their paw.
They felt a pause and flipped their paw upwards! It nearly slipped away, but they slammed it against the rock before it could escape. Mayfal was quite proud of themself, and their face brightened up immediately. It wasn't dead yet though.
"It's still moving. Is it supposed to do that?" Usually, Mayfal would bite a rodents neck until it no longer moved, but this was a different animal entirely.
@Comet
There was no way Mayfal could tell what this oblong creature's head was, so they just stooped down and chomped one of the ends that was moving and hoped the was it.
"Pesky." Mayfal's muddled response to Comet's explanation. This fish better not be playing dead. It was admittedly and good survival tactic, though.
The fish stopped moving for a minute and was most likely dead. Mayfal was hungry, though. They didn't want to take any chances, so they ripped the head off of the fish to be sure.
Spitting out the fish-face, Mayfal asked "You want some?"
@Comet
Comet took her half and the two enjoyed a lovely meal. It gave Mayfal more time to think and question.
There were many things Mayfal had wondered about, big and small, happy and sad. They had wondered about life itself.
Through mouthfuls of fragile bones and flakey meat, Mayfal inquired of Comet many things.
"What were you doing in the tunnel? What were those things attacking you? Why does fish taste so different from real food?"
It was a way to block out the hollow sounds of Pisces that made Mayfal so uneasy.
"And are we going home soon?"
@Comet
Exploring. That sounded like fun. Probably too dangerous for someone who can't see, though. But maybe not. And it was too bad Mayfal couldn't catch any of those bugs! Revenge snacking sounded like a rather appropriate punishment for those pests.
And then, what was so special about water that it made animals tase different from each other? Oh, well. Mayfal was very ready to go back home. Comet brushed her warm tail across their scale-littered muzzle. As always, Mayfal took the tail in their jaws and followed Comet's lead.
~Exit Mayfal to home~
It was a familiar thing now, what had once started as just something Comet had tried using to help the fox out of the tunnel where they had hatched was now something she did to guide them around due to their blindness. She didn't mind it though. Mayfal was as good as friends went, you just couldn't get better.
"Exit Comet"