Tisu eyed Saika, his shrinking body, and his lowered face. He reached out and wrapped his arm around Saika, pulling him gently a little deeper into the pool. He dipped his washcloth in the hot water they were floating in and poured a soap onto it. He gently drew the washcloth down Saika's arm, beginning to clean him with massaging strokes.<br/><br/>With taming wild animals, you first got them to see your touch was nothing frightening and wasn't painful. That was where Tisu would start with Saika.