Gilded Bay Oceanside Reservation

Staring at the crumpled crab pressed into the sand, Mitanni grinned outright with a delighted tail wag. It might have taken more effort than she'd originally meant to exert just to get it open, but it made her feel accomplished to have done it. No crab was going to be able to evade her from now on, not now that she knew how to get them.

She turned her proud smile over to the grey-hued male as he congratulated her, and only felt the slightest rise of defensiveness as she watched him look at her prize. He might have helped, but she still intended to keep it all for herself. Mitanni only hoped he wouldn't try to take it from her; she wasn't much of a fighter and would certainly end up losing her hard-earned crab quickly.

But he only encouraged her, prompting her to get back to her meal. Feeling emboldened and relaxed by his apparent interest only her reaction to the crab, the mottled black and brown wolf spared him one more glance and ducked her head to the crab again. She nosed the shell away, seeking the crab meat below, and carefully extracted a bite of it. It was definitely like nothing she'd tasted before, but being hungry and after going through so much effort she wasn't going to complain.

"It's not bad," she remarked as she swallowed the first bite, surprising herself to realize that it was true. It wasn't the best mini meal she'd tried, but it definitely hit the spot now. Curious, she licked at her lips again and asked, "Have you tried it before?" He'd been the one to tell her how to open it up, so she figured he had.