Blacktail Deer Plateau boys can play with dolls too

All of the changing of moods should have been taken as foreshadowing, but it was likely that the adults were simply perplexed by Saēna as a whole. She never seemed to be the same from one day to the next. Sometimes, she was charmed by adventure and seemed bold and brave, and at other times she was as timid as could be. Mostly, Saēna was incredibly shy and reluctant to repeat things that had caused her to become upset before... But it was nevertheless a confusing cycle, for pups and adults.

Her mud-monster of a brother toddled toward her presently, and Saēna grew stiff and still, fearful that it was actually the mud coming to gobble her up as well. But Pura didn't seem distressed, and in fact lowered himself into a play bow reminiscent of Osprey Jr.'s a few days prior. Though Saēna may have been a reserved, shy, and easily spooked pup, instinct was the strongest feeling she had and she yielded to it easily. His play bow elicited one of her own, which brought her forepaws into the squelchy mud underfoot.

But she hadn't noticed how it coated her small arms and felt disgusting... Yet.