Blacktail Deer Plateau the holiest of altars

When she saw Kaskara behind her, Osprey screamed, "Simon didn't say!" and then exploded into a bout of triumphant giggles. The puppy burst into motion, running a victory lap around the clearing before braking to a stop back in front of the adult, tongue now lolling from her black muzzle.

"Yawp," Junior drawled, bobbing her head. "Das Ty. Mama go fin' food," she added to answer Kaskara's other question. "I's hungwy!" she announced, as if that wasn't already obvious. Though she was almost fully weaned by now, she paused as a thought struck her and queried, "Kas gots miwk?" and tried to peek at the she-wolf's underside.