Northstar Vale Complaining is Verbal Littering

Haha! Yup! I've reworked this timeline to have this thread happen during Kero's weeklong absence from the spine after just discovering Ton's early stages of Heat, but before all the challenges went down.

She pressed against him and eventually her hind paws gave out. Kero glanced down at her, watching as she panted against him before lowering herself to the ground. His own jowls were parted, his tongue rolling between his teeth as he gathered his feet beneath him and lowered his haunches behind. He sat there, lingering as she reclined next to him. She'd run hard. He'd pushed himself in efforts to keep up and could not.

After a few minutes, he caught his breath. Finding it, Kero lowered his front paws and shifted forward on the ground. He rolled, curling his forepaws above his stomach as his hips sake wide. He made himself comfortable on his back and lay there. The position was both vulnerable and somehow playful. He lifted his head and, like a pup, ran soft teeth along her ear.