[He'd told him once and he'd keep telling him this as many times as necessary: He wasn't swimming.
Eagle's weren't swimming birds. Sure, he could dip into the water to catch fish, but swimming was an entirely different thing. His wings would soak up water and be heavy and cold and wet and he absolutely didn't want to do this no matter how much Lion wanted him to.
....Still, even though he's resisting going anywhere near that river, he's still looking from it to Lion's face.]
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[He'd told him once and he'd keep telling him this as many times as necessary: He wasn't swimming.
Eagle's weren't swimming birds. Sure, he could dip into the water to catch fish, but swimming was an entirely different thing. His wings would soak up water and be heavy and cold and wet and he absolutely didn't want to do this no matter how much Lion wanted him to.
....Still, even though he's resisting going anywhere near that river, he's still looking from it to Lion's face.]