see the new moon rising

She tried. He couldn't say it was the gentlest of grooming he'd ever received, but after her first efforts there was a significant improvement. He let her work on the tangles in his fur and when she'd had enough she moved aside and decided it was time to call it a day. Kero lingered in the water and ran his paws over the rest of him, washing out the rest of his fur and cleaning that dusty plains scent from his hide before he pulled himself out of the water on the opposite side of the pond.

He shook his coat out, careful to keep his distance so as not to disturb her sleeping form. He glanced at her for a moment, watching as she slept before he turned to find a ray of sunshine. He sat in it for a while, basking in the warm glow to dry out the rest of his pelt. He soon found himself nodding off and decided it was time to call it quits for good. Lifting from this spot, he moved and settled next to his mate to sleep.

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