"If we were in a pool, it'd be half empty," Noah answered, not unkindly. "Do this, Buttercup. Go swim with Bailey and see if you can mimick him."

Said beagle was paddling around the shallows with Ally and Iris watching and encouraging him. He held his head out of the water, but his ears still floated with the rest of him, and he was mostly paddling around silently. It was ruined when he would wag his tail and send a splash of water behind him.