Blue crowed with glee when she managed to smack him, but celebrated a little too long and ended up with a handful of mud grating into her hair. She screeched, ducking beneath the water to rinse it out, and only popped back up when she didn't spy her bratty mate lurking anywhere nearby with a handful of muck.

She zipped to a new hiding spot, going stealthily still in the flowing water, sinking down until only her nose and eyes were visible in the moonlight. She had a ball of river sand in her hand, just waiting to fling it the moment she spied him.