Sun Mote Copse P.S. I hope you're happy.

She gave him a fair assessment, peppered with humor. He appreciated her honesty, as usual, but interjected with a joke of his own: Well, I’m glad you’re not cutting me from the team yet. He had taken a backseat role in general, and likely wouldn’t be on the front lines should the situation call for that, but he would still do what he could to defend his family.

When she asked if he wanted to continue, “no” didn’t seem like an option. And not because of her; but because he wanted to keep going, at least for a little longer. Rather than replying verbally, though, he moved forward quickly to snap his teeth at her shoulder before digging his feet into the ground and propelling himself away with a laugh.