"Not too bad," Volanz lied. "Just some squeakbeast bites? You know, from the party."

Or was it a lie? He wasn't sure, either way it wouldn't remain true for more than a few more days if it still was.

He crouched near the water and dipped the section of casing in. There was a flurry of activity as fish hit it, bumping the ersatz ladle around while trying to get purchase on the plastic, but they quickly figured out it wasn't food and lost interest.

Volanz carefully scooped up the water and brought it over to Some.

"Where first?"

He'd be careful with the water, but he was pretty sure this was going to hurt wherever he started.