Was there? I had no idea.
“There might be,” Deyu said. “We know that there are large animals, and I can’t see what they could possibly eat except smaller animals. Some might live in water.”
We’d had endless discussions about what exactly constituted a “fish”. In Isla, a fish was a creature with gills and a certain body structure. In keihu, a fish was a particular type of vertebrate that could not live on land. By their definition, a marsh eel was not a fish. But according to Pengali, anything that lived in water was a fish.
“Beisili are a fish,” Ynggi said.
I would classify them as a reptile.
“Well, if you use that definition, there will be fish,” Deyu said. “There will be creatures that live in water.”
“Then I will come. I will pack my things.” He rose and walked to the door before
