Sleeping Dragon this one is for the chewed up

Eske didn't seem particularly moved by the flattery, though of course there was no way she understood Wildfire's words. It was even possible she couldn't hear them at all. The yearling paused, wondering why it was she felt the need to babble at the babies if they were as good as deaf, then shrugged inwardly. Why not? It definitely couldn't do any harm to talk to them, especially on the off chance they could register sounds on some level.

"Hmph right back at'cha," Wildfire said with a smile, crooking her foreleg and gently nudging little Eske's cheek with the knob of it. "Are you only grumpy in the mornings? Or all day long?" she teased before reaching out and nipping very delicately at the tip of the puppy's tiny tail, just to see what she would do.