Whitewater Gorge the salesman's like what up,

Easy's ears perked in interest at the mention of a lake. It sounded cool to claim a territory that had a whole lake inside it. The swimming would probably be better someplace like that. "Our plateau has a pond on it," Easy offered. "It's got pointy fish and snappy bugs in it. We eat them, sometimes."

He sad something funny, then. Word? Easy didn't know quite what to make of that, but it didn't sound like the sort of thing she had to respond to. Word. Maybe she would try using that sometime.

"I do know what I'm talking about," said Easy with a wag of her tail, her tone warming somewhat. She liked to be right, and the boy was kind of cute when he was agreeing with her. "What's Tegan short for?" she asked.