She nodded. They are lucky to have you,
she replied with certainty. The puppies and their mother still made her vaguely uncomfortable and her goal was not to show too much of this to anyone, Ferdie included. Until the notion settled with her, she would keep her distance while still trying to be minimally supportive from that very distance. But she meant what she had said. Without Ferdie, and all he provided for them, they could very well be in for hard times right now.
Nevertheless, she was not invested in sparing too much thought for the puppies, and relaxed into Ferdie's company. Hhm..
she grunted in response, trying not to smirk too obviously. She supposed she could (and should) say the same for him as well. His presence, so familiar by this point, kept her eased, and instead of retorting somehow -- like along the lines of how she didn't think all too many she knew thought of her as too overly pleasant, or mustering up any further explanations, she rumbled playfully at his invitation, first swatting his raised paw with one of her own.
Ame wasted little time; she slung open her jaws and clacked her teeth against his. To gain a better vantage point, she moved to put one of her legs on the other side of his neck. While he was her alpha, her superior, she had learned the rules were a little hazier between just each other. And of course, if he wanted, he could always roll her over and stomp her for misbehavior whenever he saw fit -- yet he never did. His size, which trumped her own, allotted him that much.. but Ame didn't suspect it at play here even now.
More carefree than before, she rattled her teeth around at his and his maw, growling and leaning more of her weight onto him as she did.
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i want to bleed in the 「r a i n」