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Slavik waited with his tail up and wagging, surely Speedy would be making her entrance soon. She emerged with snow from his attack still floating around her fur, and he watched as she ran towards him. He braced himself with his head down for the inevitable wall of snow she was about to fire at him, and when it came he shook it off as quickly as he could with a low rumble in his chest. But just as he'd freed himself from the snow, he saw Speedy lunging for him.

She pushed him over and had him down. He looked at her and scowled, That's got to be cheating, he teased, mocking offense. But in reality, this was a move that Simsey had pulled plenty of times on him and Arway, and he should've seen it coming.