Blacktail Deer Plateau eat, sleep, poop

For Sammi, and any of her characters. :) @Hawkeye

Though he and Saēna were still perilously small, it was becoming abundantly clear that Pura was growing into what the scientific community would term a cutie patootie. The little boy had look premature birth in the eyes (figuratively), said a very form "No." (also figuratively), and the puppy weight had been piling on ever since (true story). Ty and O.J. still dwarfed him, but the gap between them was not so painful to see as it had been a mere three days prior - all evidence pointed to the beginnings of a strong, healthy wolf.

He had eaten, pooped, and slept in several cycles already that day - and now a fourth, alien desire was manifesting itself. He wanted contact. But the girls were still, silent, and boring, leaving the only cockerel in the chicken coop to flail blindly in the direction of - of what? There was a difference in the air between where he was and several feet ahead that he could not define. It was colder, and a soft breeze freshened the air constantly. He was drawn to the newness of it, scrabbling blindly against the soft ground like a sea turtle braving land. Slowly, very slowly, Pura made his bid for freedom and adventure.