Sunset Valley Under the moon

The shewolf was quite tight-lipped, but as Kincaid didn't get the sense she hated his company, he was willing to overlook that to fulfill his own need for socialization. When she did speak, he listened agreeably, and remarked, "How about that!" at the tidbit. He found her method of dealing with the heat interesting rather than useful, but chose not to voice this opinion.

"My pelt gets thinner in the summertime, but some years it ain't," he reported, shaking out his fur and allowing Echo to observe that not much of it came loose. "And some years it ain't grown back thick enough, quick enough." The alliteration pleased him, and he gave a thoughtful wag of his tail before growing quiet. There was a rabbit up ahead, and he thought if he came at it a certain way, he could either run it down or trap it in the brush.