Muddy fin flaps dragged the jagged creature from the rushing water onto a small wooded sandbar island in the middle of the river. The orange creature scowled, shaking its strange shaggy fur of water before dragging itself onto a tree trunk. After a few moments of angry muttering, he scratched himself with his back leg, considering how he could return to the upper level of the gorge.

A second of procrastination in the cold later, and the spike backed being waded past the unkempt grasses and into the water. Strong, deliberate kicks carried the creature across the current, as the fur repelled the cold. A coat wearing vagrant upon the bridge looked down for a moment, rubbing his eyes as he saw the jagged spikes sink into the water. The man's pace picked up, wanting to get some rest somewhere- preferably not in this town.