He came out of the water screaming for his brothers. He had seen the hole in the grate and you weren’t


    on the bottom inside the cove. They thought something hade in and gotten you,” she said shaking


    her head.


    Fuji continued the story, “They had a transport pad at thepound.


    They just ignored us and gathered up their things. Before the Warriors got here, they were gone. We


    got our kneeling ces and waited for our owners.”


    “The Warriors showed up angry and yours already knew you were not here,” Rose said shaking her


    head. “We told our owners what the Keepers had done and they were furious.”


    Fuji continued the story, “Your owners must have known you were gone long before they got here. A


    water transport arrived and they paid the man to take them to find you. We didn’t know what happened


    once your owners left until you told us.”


    Rose interrupted her, “When the other Warriors realized which way you had gone it turned into a hunt;


    lots of them joined the search.”


    “That was nice of them,” I mused.


    “No, it wasn’t nice,” corrected Rose. “Whoever found you got to keep you or sell you, whatever they


    wanted. You were a run away ve, your owners had no rights to you until they found you.”


    I shivered and stared at my friends. This could have ended up much worse for me.


    Rose and Fuji drifted off to a game being yed on the beach. I was tired, so Iy down in the sand. I


    Liked the noises of the water, but I had not inclination to go into it. Eventually the Keepers woke me


    and I walked back to thepound.


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    My owners came and picked me up as usual. I was still a little sleepy.


    Master Evan absently flicked some sand off of my shoulder as hemented, “Your hair is dry.”


    “Yes, Master Evan,” I answered.


    “Did you swim?” Master Bane asked.


    “…, Master Bane.”


    “Why not?” Master Christof asked curiously.


    “I didn’t want to, Master Christof,” I said looking at my feet.


    Nothing else was said until we arrived at our dwelling. I followed my owners obediently off the pad and


    waited inside. They stripped off my little covering and took out my plug before we went down to the


    bathhouse.


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    As we walked downstairs I started to think about that deep pool of water. It was always so busy. It


    would be easy to miss a body floating at the bottom. My hands started to shake and I held them


    together to make it stop.


    At the bathhouse I hesitated in the doorway and shuddered looking at the water. Most ces I could


    see the bottom, but in the deepest parts I barely could. For the first time that frightened me. Master


    Bane tugged at me to get me to follow them inside.


    I kept my head down like I was supposed to, but I noticed we were getting a lot of attention. Warriors


    seemed to being toward us from all angles. From what I could hear they were curious about my


    leg. I prayed my Warriors would not pass me around to them.


    Being passed around should never have concerned me. Master Damien demanded the other men


    leave us alone in strong forceful tones. My owners surrounded me in a tight circle until the other men


    left.


    Master Damien pulled me to follow him into a shallow spot. He sat on a bench in the water and


    demanded I wash him. Reluctantly entering the water I sat on the bench beside him and did as he


    wished. The water only came up to my waist that way. To wash his Long legs I had to move from


    beside him and into the water, which I did unenthusiastically.