Dawnlark Plains and the king of all, sir duke!

oh!

she fell to the ground in an exaggerated huff, all four of her limbs and each of her toes splayed as he gripped her shoulder.  the terror!  the horror!  maybe if she tricked him into thinking he'd won, he'd walk away and she could grab his little nubbin tail.  she howled and rocked back and forth on the damp earth floor (getting kind of muddy in the process).