The tiny piglet watched as his newfound family - though he didn't have much concept of what, exactly, that word meant - celebrated their new creed. Wide-eyed with wonder, Czernobog almost missed Aquarian's dramatic exit, watching as the last of his "grand-boat" disappeared from sight. The waves from the noodle's escape managed to sweep up to the boar's chest, and he huffed, getting up to shake off like a pup, before trotting closer to the water's edge, happy to be able to see Dragon, even if he couldn't reach him at this size, no without half-drowning and half-swimming over to the alligator.

Instead, he watched as the little bat spiraled out of the sky, into the water, onto the land, and then was transported back to Dragon, giving off a rapid series of amused snorts, almost a mimic of true laughter. Czernobog peered out over the swamp, surrounded by his sisters and brothers, his father, his grandfather below, and sent up a happy bellow to the skies, as if lording over his good fortune. Then, with a tensing of tiny legs and a rather spectacular belly-flop, the black ball of fluff dived into the most shallow water, happily mimicking his boat with gentle kicks of hoof-tipped feet and rapid waves of a curly tail.

[ Exit Czernobog ]