Redtail Rise tuscany

She caught up to him with quick strides. They rubbed shoulders, butted heads together gently, their bodies weaving in a haphazard double helix. His legs burned, his lungs began to ache with the effort of conveying air -- but he wanted to linger in this carefree chase and so pushed onward. His tongue flagged out of the side of his wide-open mouth.

He glanced at her sidelong, the world around them a smeared blur of stuttering sunlight.

In the moment of distraction, his paw snagged on a tree root. Caught off-balance and carried by his own momentum, Gavrel nearly cartwheeled through a bushel of wild berries. There was an initial moment of alarm but it was quickly overtaken by his breathless laughter as he lay sprawled on the forest floor, an echo of his and Redd's first meeting.