Yes, I've been writing them like that - circling around and brushing up against each other is not socially taboo, at least not amongst dolphins of similar ranks, but a very private character would avoid that kind of casual contact the same way a shy girl stays in a corner and tries not to be noticed.
My dolphins don't spend as much time in and around the surface as real dolphins would, because many of them are air-mages. They call air pretty regularly, and their parties include air pockets being maintained by people of insufficient rank to actually attend the party. I'm writing them as elementalists, though the only elements they are familiar with are air and water. There are a very few fire mages, mostly working with ore and the smelting thereof, and a few earth mages who mostly manifest as excellent fish herders and breeders, and sometimes gardeners.
Still, they do spend some time above the water, and work and communicate in that milieu on a fairly regular basis. Gotta remember to write that in.
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Date: 2005-07-14 07:31 pm (UTC)My dolphins don't spend as much time in and around the surface as real dolphins would, because many of them are air-mages. They call air pretty regularly, and their parties include air pockets being maintained by people of insufficient rank to actually attend the party. I'm writing them as elementalists, though the only elements they are familiar with are air and water. There are a very few fire mages, mostly working with ore and the smelting thereof, and a few earth mages who mostly manifest as excellent fish herders and breeders, and sometimes gardeners.
Still, they do spend some time above the water, and work and communicate in that milieu on a fairly regular basis. Gotta remember to write that in.