Haven stared at Electrum as if he'd done something flagrant, before shaking her head and feeling the rabbit squirm in her talons. She was tempted to ask Electrum, but... they needed to eat. The conflict kept her from doing it right away, and it was clear that she was struggling.

Haven's grip loosened as she realized that no, she couldn't, allowing the rabbit to wiggle free and run away, much to the dragon's dismay.

"I-I'm sorry!", she exclaimed, chasing after it for a few steps before it disappeared and she couldn't sense it anymore.

Of course, it had to be her that lost the rabbit. Her ears started to rush with noise and she quickly turned away from Electrum, relieved that she wasn't able to cry. No eyes, no need for tear ducts. She just wanted to be useful, and not have to hold onto Electrum's tail.

Frustrated, she took off after the rabbit despite it being long gone, hoping that she'd find something for them to eat, whether it was the rabbit or something else. Haven wasn't about to let Electrum down. She wasn't useless.

She was going to find that stupid rabbit.

@Electrum

Electrum

He doesn't like the look she gives him, and flares his fins in a sort of defensive ire before the rabbit... bolts.

She let it go? Why?

Utterly stupefied, he watches it go, unable to react at all until he notes Haven moving away, and so he gets to his feet, taking off after as the other gives chase.

The blue dragonet comes to a skidding stop, and raises himself up on his hind legs and then tail, almost levering himself up like a kangaroo as he scouts around, looking for their furry quarry.

Well, since he's baby and honestly needs to work on his balance more, he winds up losing his position quite quickly and eating stone, stubbing his snout painfully before he gets back to his feet and hurries after Haven some more. "Hey, we can both look for it some more, okay? Or find another.... It's not like we're starving..."

@Haven

Haven stopped after a while and sat down heavily, head drooped as she sniffled.

"But I couldn't kill it,", she said, "I'm sorry."

She turned away from Electrum and sulked. Her wings drooped and her head lowered until she flattened herself to the ground, hind legs splayed behind her. She was basically a toddler, what did you expect?

Haven made some weird wailing sounds, and it was clear after a while that she was... crying. She planted her face in the ground to muffle her cries, utterly miserable and hating herself for being so... weak.

They wouldn't survive if she was weak. It scared her.

(Apologies for the terrible reply :()

@Electrum

Electrum

He nearly gets angry, after they come to a stop again. It's nothing to be upset about- yeah okay they need to find other food, but it's...

"Don't be stupid. We've never done this before. There's no reason to cry, and... well, I can see if the water has food. It's not like it can run away if it's in water, yeah?" he headbutts her, a little harshly to be comforting but he flops his tail across her back, his intent clear even as he feels tense next to her.

The navy dragon straightens up as best he can, and perks his ears up, rearing up onto his hind legs again but staying there... cause his tail is doing something more important. Casting about to see if he can notice any shadows or shapes in the water for them to hunt, he frowns in concentration.

The rippling top of the water makes it hard to tell, but he can... vaguely see movement that seems to be more than just ripples. They can start there, then, after they both calm down.

"We have each other. Two chances for everything," he mutters, almost to himself more than Haven, and surprised he isn't filling with panic again. "That's why we have to stay together."

@Haven

Was her composure really that flimsy? The answer was clearly yes.

Haven flinched at his words and hung her head lower, knowing that she was being stupid. Really stupid.

She moved her head to nudge at his tail, and followed him timidly towards the water, "... How do you know there's food in there?"

Her echolocation and heat sense was practically useless when it came to water since it acted as a barrier between her and anything beneath it. At least she was okay at catching things above the water.

"Two chances...", she mumbled, mulling that over.

"Hey... I need to call you something,", she said, "Hm... you're long, like an eel... like an electric- ELECTRIC!"

Haven gasped and nudged him, suddenly excited, her failure forgotten, "Electrum! Because you're like an electric eel, long and cunning, and you have fins like a fish but you're not, and full of energy..."

She hoped the other liked the name, "But um... you can pick something else if you want."

@Electrum

Electrum

Electrum...

He hums, and nods, liking the word. The name.

"It's new, and sounds like me. I'll keep it. Thanks." Very business like, but he doesn't know how else to express that Haven had given him a name that had evaded him for too long. Well... "Okay, you're good at words. I'll be good at the food thing until we both get gooder. Deal?" Electrum nods solidly, and settles firmer on his feet, gazing into the pool and watching shapes flicker about under the surface, and tries to listen for sounds or... smell for them.

A soft flop-splash draws his gaze, and he watches the shadows flicker. "I can see them, but I just heard one jump... so I think you might be able to hear them if we sit long enough. I can catch on, I think, so I'm going to-" he lunges into the water after rearing up, forelimbs outstretched to strike the fish from the water.

Oh, he gets the fish- after he throws his whole body in, landing with a resounding splash and a fountain of dirty water, ejecting two fish along the far shore and a good deal of water... literally everywhere else.

Poor Haven, for she has a high chance of being soaked. Poor Electrum, for he's got water up his nose and soaked whatever dignity he's managed to build up.

@Haven

Haven hummed happily, saying his name over and over in glee, "You're right! I am good at words!!"

Her heart swelled and her tail wagged, and she spun around in a happy circle before cocking her head and listening to Electrum move around. She didn't know fish could jump. Didn't you need legs for that-

She squeaked and bolted as she got drenched, shaking herself off and groaning in dismay, "Electrum!! You got my wings all wet- now I can't even try to fly!"

Haven sneezed and turned around, about to say something else before she heard the fish flopping around on the ground. She grabbed one in her jaws immediately, head bobbing up and down as it wriggled around in a last-ditch effort to get away, and, not really knowing what else to do, Haven swallowed it. Whole.

"EW IT'S STILL MOVING!", she shrieked, bouncing up and down as she felt it squirm down her throat, "Icky..."

Yeah, she was killing her meals from now on.

"Bleh... thank you,", she finally said, moving towards the edge of the water, "Are you okay? Did you fall in? Are you drowning?"

@Electrum

Electrum

"Hrrck- hack, cough- UGH, gross..." he splutters out the water, hauling himself hurriedly out of the pool with his forelimbs, shaking and shivering off the wetness. It's not heavy, BAD wetness, which is okay, but he's agreeing with Haven on the displeasure of being soaked, shaking out one wing with a dissatisfied snarl. The gauze and gold, finger like parts of his wings had started to droop with the wet, and in rage, he lashes out and strikes a nearby flopping fish with his tail, managing to strike the fish broad on and making it.. well, flat. The crunching thud speaks of enough force to make any small Gembound an amnesiac in an instant.

Snorting out the last bit of water, he grumbles, "I fell in, I'm fine now. Why..." he becomes more confused, processing that she ate the fish... alive, and whole. "Why swallow it whole? You didn't choke... huh. I dunno if I can do that," he eyes the flattened fish, and then dipping to inhale it chunk by chunk, and pulling out the spine pinned between his and wiggling it at Haven playfully, the wet bones making a gross noise.

"We can dry off by wandering around, right? I.. didn't mean to soak you. Sorry." Electrum apologizes, spitting the small bones off to the side and licking his chops after finishing what he can of the fish.

@Haven

"It felt right,", Haven spoke, just glad that Electrum didn't drown. She just named him, now she was attached!

Her nose scrunched at the rattling bones, and she stood on her haunches, sneering, "Eeeeewww..."

Haven batted it away from him and shook herself out some more, sniffling gently as she wiped her nose, "That was gross... but I'm full, so... It wasn't so bad."

The she-dragon walked forward to brush her head along Electrum's side affectionately, before rubbing their cheeks together, "It's okay... I'll get you back somehow!"

Haven trotted off and giggled gently as she lead the way towards... somewhere! She didn't know but she was excited to see wherever it was! She shook her head out and raised her wings, flapping a few times to dry them off. She took a running start all of a sudden, feeling like perhaps... she'd fly this time.

But of course, wet wings equals heavy wings, and she fluttered to the ground. Soon, though. She could feel it.

@Electrum

Electrum

Cackling at Haven's reaction to the teasing, he drops the bones, kicking them all the way behind himself after Haven smacks them away. Humming in content, he nudges her back, again being a little too rough to be completely comforting but he means well I swear.

"I'd like to see you try," is his teasing reply, chuckling deep in his chest as he gets to his feet, following Haven as she attempts to take off, and he almost winces at the failure before he notices how daintily she touched down. "Getting better, we'll get it soon don't worry."

Speaking of, he shakes his wings out, still slightly damp and not liking how cold he is again, and he decides to try and lever himself into the air again as well, his eyes gleaming with adamantine determination as he opens his wing and proceeds to completely lose his balance and launch himself snout first into another nearby pool, rolling end over end like some sort of lizard-wheel demon and twisting his fins painfully before he comes to a splashing, thumping stop, tail and fins folded over his head and hind legs vaulted over his shoulders like some sort of cartoon character.

@Haven