by bigthrow
Great story so far, and great use of language and imagery. One tiny quibble: sturgeons really have no bones - only cartilage. (well, they have bony plates outside instead of scales, and a few bones in the fins, but no bones in the part you want to eat.) As a child I always loved them - precisely because there were no bones to worry about, plus they are delicious!
Another excellent chapter with a fight that I thought was going to cost them one of their group but alas I was mistaken. I thought that chapter ending line was perfect.