Hideaway Strath I can help!

Hemlock heard Tapat's howl and turned direction, turning from her cache to go investigate the boy's summons. He hadn't sounded upset or hurt, and that made her relieved, but still she wondered how he was settling in with his family in their new home. She'd meant to approach him but the children seemed to take up most of her attention, which wasn't necessarily a bad thing - still. She felt she'd neglected the boy in some ways. When she was closer she let out a low bark, tail wagging a few times in a friendly way. 

"And what are you up to, little lost boy?" She asked with a fond smile; her tease hopefully wouldn't upset him. In some ways Hemlock was reaching a new level of comfort, some of her personality from before the winter's hardships coming back to her and shining again. She hadn't always been so serious, and now that life had settled somewhat in the Strath, she was feeling more adjusted and more like herself.