Moonspear the world is quiet here

The pups were young yet, which had its advantages — they weren't as mobile yet so they didn't run around everywhere — and disadvantages — mostly that they were loud, but also that they were very fragile still. So far the pups seemed to be growing up well, except for the little runty girl, the dark one. The dark boy that was born after her seemed to be doing much better, to Charon's relief, but he wasn't sure if he should expect the runty girl to make it into adulthood.

He was watching the pups while Amekaze slept. Most of them were quiet, but one of the white girls was wandering around. If he wasn't mistaken he saw some freckling on her snout already and he wondered if she'd grow up to look much like him. She wriggled her way into one of her siblings and he chuckled as he watched her sit there after the collision, then moved his face down and nuzzled the fur on her back.