Blacktail Deer Plateau Bye, baby Bunting, daddy's gone a-hunting

Egged on by her older cousin's movements, Saēna flipped over and bounced unsteadily to her feet, soon bowing forward into a position that mimicked Osprey's own. The dark pup's soft ear flaps twitched in response to the barks, which were mercifully muffled thanks to her undeveloped ear canals. They were just loud enough to trigger a volley of barks in response, as well as a hastened drumming of her little black forepaws.

Suddenly, the puny, patchy puppy launched herself at Osprey Jr., her maw yawning open to reveal healthy, pink gums. The larger youth flinched, her dark ears pinning backward, though not quickly enough to escape Saēna's soft bite. She felt pressure pinching against her left ear and instinctively began to shake her head, eventually tugging free from Saēna's tenaciously toothless grip.

The force of release made her stumble slightly, dropping into an awkward crouch. She bounced back a moment later, dark legs flailing in the air rather haphazardly in the paler youngster's direction. Simultaneously, her much more toothy jaws flapped repeatedly in a noisy mixture of warning barks and growls which Saēna would never even hear.