blue healer's garden

I think we can conclude this since Ferdie is going through some serious business elsewhere. :D I'll conclude with this post.

The pup nodded and squeezed back through the crevice with her prize. Bazi followed at her heels, but swiftly overtook on the journey back down to the ground. She stood and watched with bated breath as Nightingale picked her way down, moving at a slow, steady pace - if it kept her from falling down and breaking a leg, fine. Even Bazi, who was not a patient wolf, could accept that.

She rewarded the child's efforts with a fierce nuzzle and several licks to the bridge of her nose, cocking her head towards the Creek. If Ferdie did not object, they would return home rather than continue on to Northstar Vale - Bazi wasn't particularly keen on sharing the wealth with another pack. The mood was light and joyous as the three of them loped back towards the rising sun, forgetting - for a moment - that Nightingale might be a doomed soul come morning.