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A few waves of his bushy tail, and another soft laugh indicate his quickly realized ease in Bazi's company. She was friendly; watchful, maybe a little serious at first, but he was starting to get the feeling a lot of that was just a requirement of her position. "You're right, it does happen a lot. You can inspect my butt for bite marks if you want?" Rainier, of course, can't keep a straight face and laughs again.

He plops his butt down in the grass and cocks an ear forward. "Everyone's got their problems, you know? Parents kicking chicks out of the nest, so to speak, or everything changing too much to bear. Or not. Sometimes it's just the need to see what's past that distant hill you grew up seeing every day you stepped out of the den." He explains. "I was the latter, well, mostly. Our home isn't very large, and my older brothers are set to inherit. I decided to strike out like my dad did when he was a pup and find my own place."