Moonspear safe in the steep cliffs

Aesop was having just as hard a time as Charon not laughing. He bit his tongue to quell his laughter, though even that wasn't really enough. He squeezed his eyes shut tighter before he managed to cool it enough to roll his eyes at Charon. Yeah, yeah, he'd stay dead for exactly as long as he wanted to. But from the sound of it, the girls were already getting bored with Aesop's mortality, and they couldn't have that happen.

Opening his eyes a crack, he tried to figure out where each pup was. Once he had ascertained their whereabouts (and that he would accidentally squish one) he opened his eyes and lifted his head, finally rolling onto his stomach. Hey, Charon, he said, grinning toothily. Sorry to show up unannounced. Gonna introduce me to the ankle-biters?