Silver Moraine I only deal in absolutes

It was not anyone she recognized that answered the call, but Easy was taken with the stranger at once. Perhaps it was his passing likeness to her handsome brother-in-law, or the way he carried himself, or the simple fact that - like the heros in all of Daddy's stories - he'd come to rescue a maiden fair (her!). Whatever the case, she at once deemed him trustworthy.

"I hurt my paw," she said sheepishly, offering a shy wag of her tail. Not her usual behavior around strangers, but she felt suddenly bashful around this boy. "I live real close - I just don't know if I can make it out of the ravine on my own," the girl explained, holding her breath as another twinge of pain shot up her injured limb.