[He certainly doesn't drown him. If Ven needs to go to the surface desperately, he lets him go. But there'd be no paddling back to the shore for a break. Take your breath and come back down here.
Training's not easy, whelp, but if you wanna live here...
He works him through the day, aiming at getting his motions in the water down enough he can make semblances of motions through the water and hold his breath longer than when he started. But as the small goldscale pulls himself from the water, he knows he's done well.
Which is why he'll do something nice for him. That tail=fish trick from before? Yeah. Right up on the shore. Silver scales brush by and a load of fish falls to the ground near Ven's head.
Congratulations as well, whelp. You earned it. Now, if you could stop lying there on your back whining like a cute little puppy, that'd be nice.]
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Training's not easy, whelp, but if you wanna live here...
He works him through the day, aiming at getting his motions in the water down enough he can make semblances of motions through the water and hold his breath longer than when he started. But as the small goldscale pulls himself from the water, he knows he's done well.
Which is why he'll do something nice for him. That tail=fish trick from before? Yeah. Right up on the shore. Silver scales brush by and a load of fish falls to the ground near Ven's head.
Congratulations as well, whelp. You earned it.
Now, if you could stop lying there on your back whining like a cute little puppy, that'd be nice.]