A twenty-foot male orca swam around pleasantly.
Orcas were Lia's favorite kind of water creature. She found them really beautiful, not to mention cute. But above all, they were undoubtedly interesting. They weren't that large - well, not compared to the giant whales - but they weren't small like tuna. They were huge, but hugely adorable.
Lia would devote hours to studying about their habitats and physiology. She loved orcas to the point that she sometimes wondered what it would be like to actually be one of them. Being large, beautiful, able to attract so much attention effortlessly, being able to breathe underwater and dive in for as long as she would like… and get all the food she wanted, for free!
It was like a wonderful dream.
The orca stopped swimming once it noticed its caregiver arrive. Lia smiled and the orca greeted her by splashing some water near her. She immediately grabbed a bucket of fish on the tank's ladder side. She climbed up onto the small stage and took out a large bass.
"Here's your lunch, cutie!" Lia giggled, breathing deeply.
The large cetacean jumped up and grabbed the fish with its gapping mouth when she released it. As usual, Lia got splashed by an incoming wave of water thanks to the orca's diving.
"Tee-hee… sometimes I wish boys were that easy to please…"
The sea creature leaned on the tank to nuzzle Lia, who giggled and stroked the orca's face softly in appreciation.
In truth, the orca was being a bit too friendly. The male's snout kept nuzzling Lia's front, as if coaxing her to come into the water. Lia blinked her eyes in surprise.
"Aww," she immediately reacted. "Do you want to give me a ride?"