I'm a Stingray?

After giving the ladies a long gaze, Marlo came up with an idea and pitched. "Then they better stay here, I can't let under any circumstances, let my people get hurt or killed while we are away handling this long awaited duty."

"But I want to come and fight!" Haze opposed the idea, craving the blood of the enemy whom ate their siblings right in front of them. "Harold must die by my fins, he must!"

Giving out a direct order, although calmly interjected, Marlo cited. "Harold is too dangerous, it's not a good idea to tag you along."

"But I'm the best hunter in this village!" Haze once more opposed, willing to do anything just to tag along.

Feeling offense for other men rather than himself, Tim explained. "Now that's debatable, I've seen reef sharks take down a tuna with a whole lot less effort."

Wanting to change the girl's mind just to end up in good terms, Marlo explained. "Besides, if you weren't good enough, I wouldn't trust you with protecting this place while we are away, these fish are my top priority."

Unwilling to drop it, his sibling continued. "But..."

"There is no buts." They heard another female tone in the background, specifically behind the pile of food. "You will protect the den with me along with the diamond stingrays."

Arising over it, he saw a lady he was greatly familiar with. "Shame on you Timmy, you haven't even greeted me yet."

This was Dana, an eagle stingray that was just 10 days younger in age but 4 times bigger in size, she was truly worth the talk. This is the same woman he had found injured under some coral when first departing to recruit fish on the far north, her figure is unmistakable. It's hard to forget a big stingray in general.

"You were sleeping when I arrived and that was the same problem when I went out today, you always sleep lady." One would think that this was a harsh way to reply, but it was all for fun and games.

"Well I'm not sleeping now." She pointed out the obvious, but this was more than a taunt.

Speaking of pointing out the obvious, Timmy cited. "Your fin has healed."

Yet still sticking to step one, Dana swam closer and stated. "That's not how you say hi."

"Hi..." The boy stretched it, just to brush it off his shoulder. "Your fin healed fast."

Shedding a bit more light to this, she answered. "It's easy to heal when all I do is eat and sleep, your friends proved very helpful."

Using her whip to lightly touch the boy's belly, the eagle eagle ray cited. "And it looks like 10 fish were feeding you, chubby."

And it was true yet it made sense all at the same time. Tim had swam around eating unholy amounts of meat and over worked his body to poop it all out. It explained that big belly all and well, if one took enough time to observe the boy, they would be confused how he hasn't grown yet.

Feeling tad embarrassed, the boy curled his fins downwards to cover his belly and refused to admit anything. "I don't have a belly."

"Not to interrupt you two love seagulls but I have to add something else." Marlo broke in between the two, all to grab attention rather than cause embarrassment.

Neither of them were given the opportunity to oppose the idea of these two being lovers, because Marlo continued projecting his train of thoughts. "We will start the plan late at night because that's when Harold least expects us, they think that we are too weak to hunt at night."

"So we have a few more hours? That's nice." Tim followed up, it seemed like the end of this conversation.

That's when Haze moved in to ask a question, trying to forget how Osira seemed like she wanted to bite everyone here. "You mentioned something about another task, will we do that now?"

"No no, that needs a lot more time. Maybe we can pick that up tomorrow." Tim answered and the idea to consult with his system took a good place in his mind, but he also had to add. "I will tag along all my siblings in that task."

Feeling entitled, the young lady could even go so far to shame her family. "But they can't hunt like I do." Luckily neither of them were here right now.

At this point he had trouble understanding this lady but yet didn't want to be rode, therefore stating. "That doesn't really matter, we probably or hopefully won't have to hunt anything and I want to know more about my own blood family, can't remember a thing."

"I will help you too, right Tim?" They heard a feminine tone breaking the conversation and he instantly realized who it was.

Quite quick to answer, "Of course Osira, who else will save my ass if all things go wrong?"

"Well you saved me from probable doom so I will help you as well." Dana assured, knowing quite well that she will be accepted.

"Sure, unlike any other task, this one needs more fish so all of you are welcome to join." Although he was used to fighting mostly alone, the mist didn't show much dangers apart from being dark and having a water pressure enough to crush the life out of the undeserving.

It took a couple of hours before they left Timmy alone to carry on with other tasks, in between those hours, the hero took time to tell his numerous adventures through the far north.

Most were attentive listeners while Haze really cursed the fact that she wasn't there. The lady especially began to hate Alba, and felt like she could do something to spare his brother from what could have been death.

Well it was fun telling the stories but now the boy had to shift towards a more important matter, consultation with his much loved and effective system.

Eager to know but not so great at remembering detail, he asked. "System, can I upgrade my barb?"