Briarshadow stopped two tail-lengths from the water, which some cats had said that it was so salty it made their mouths go dry for weeks. Everyone eventually got used to it, and the kits soon developed something that had the salt almost unrecognizable taste- it wasn't bitter, and didn't make your mouth dry. Instead, it tasted like the fresh water in the small river further inward the jungle.
The tom cat began to walk along the edge of the Big Waters, still staying his two tail-lengths away from it. He seemed to know where he was going... But did he?