Dawnlark Plains friends and liars dont wait for me

it took aningan twice as long to notice her as it took him to stuff his face full of maus-hide; caiaphas' ears slid back as the boy froze, acknowledging her with surprise in those chestnut eyes. and then he did the unexpected; he moved towards her in jubilant bounds, a garble of unintelligible words strung from his muzzle.

she only grasped the meaning of a few of them; her fur had raked upwards in surprise, and was now settling. as she looked around them (inspecting the prints in particular) it occurred to her the boy appeared alone -- even his pelt bore little evidence of company.

so -- phas did what phas was famous for -- with a smile to herself she bent down in a playbow, and then teasingly dove out of his reach.