Blacktail Deer Plateau dip you, flip you, bubble bathe you

The word punishment made little sense to her. Had she been a bit older, she might have pressed the matter, yet Osprey was too young to read into it. She brushed it aside. The topic of trades was much more interesting to her anyway. It seemed like Pura had given it some thought and Junior didn't know whether to be annoyed or pleased by this.

"You don't have to be big to be a Warrior," Junior answered confidently. "She's brave. She could be a Shield Maiden, like me. That's a girl Warrior. And I already am one," she explained in a slightly know-it-all tone, uplifted tail giving a single severe lash as if to make her point.

"You'd be a good Warden," she repeated after a pause. "It's more than patrollin', you know. You'd have to beat off bad guys. I think you'd be good at that." She paused, pondering their very brief spar. "We could practice together—you to be a Warden, me to be a better Warrior. I like t'practice and you need to get faster," she finished bluntly.