are you slow?

Nope. Neither Swift nor Allure though their mother worthy of a response. Bazi discerned what could only be described as a derisive sneer in the former's expression, and that instantly soured her mood. She often had to remind herself that children were children, and that one of their primary roles in life was to test her patience.

But Bazi was short on patience today, and brimming with spite. When Allure turned her attention to her brother, Bazi dug her nose in between their two bodies and sort-of-kind-of-not very gently shoved the pups apart. If they weren't going to play with her, they weren't going to play at all.