A few ripples on the top of the water grabbed Janius' attention. There was a splash of what looked like a crab's claw breaking the surface for a fraction of a second before disappearing. A few seconds later, Janius barely observed a streak of red mixing with the water from one point in the river. Kaleeth's emergence was not quite as sudden this time, But Janius' head still snapped to look at her with the dreugh in her mouth. Janius had never seen a whole dreugh before, even if this one didn't quite count with its mutilation, so he was as much curious about what Kaleeth had caught as how she caught it.

Janius carefully approached, but didn't get too close. He had to admit that he was starting to salivate at Kaleeth's kill, but his beast spirit was still not willing to fight her for it. There was another detail though, something wrong. Kaleeth was successful in her hunt, but this creature wasn't very big and didn't look particularly threatening. Janius had hoped that Kaleeth would find something bigger to kill so that she would be forced to help her beast spirit in working out how to take it down, but this was probably too easy. It got Janius thinking about what they could possibly hunt in these conditions that would help her hone her control. He was at a loss. He was out of his element here. Oh well, at least this might sate her beast spirit for now. Janius settled to give her some encouragement, if she could hear him at all, "Good work. We will discuss this further back at camp. Now eat your fill."

While Kaleeth feasted, an idea formed in Janius' mind. A stupid, risky, dangerous, inadvisable idea, but perfect for teaching her control. He waited until Kaleeth finished feasting before he would decide to execute this plan or not. She could either still be hungry, but more lucid after eating, making her mental condition ideal for the lesson, or she could transform back on the spot, meaning that Janius would have to leave it for next time.