Northstar Vale You've never had Pad Thai.

tagging @Kazuhiko but AW!

Lilitu might have been affronted had she known she'd been downgraded from Princess to "Noble Pup" — but she didn't, so all was well in her world. Her parents had been a little scarce lately, as had. . .well, everyone. In fact, besides the near-constant rain (and even that was getting old) things were pretty boring.

She went for walks often, either by herself or with @Arielle if she could get her sis to tag along. She paid visits to the pale pups, most often @Hotaru, who she actually liked. The rest kind of seemed like snobs. Some day, she'd know why. For now, she settled for just, well, avoiding them.

Her travels today brought her to a patch of mushrooms, some of their flat tops as big as her head. She was intrigued by them and brought her nose closer to sniff, a second later recoiling from the damp, earthy smell. Not a fan. But they were pretty (okay, they were. . .unique. . .) and she settled with looking at them from a distance, where she couldn't get that odor in her nose.

Lilitu wondered whether they were at all useful. Maybe Ibis would like one? She shuddered at the thought of lugging one of them back to the den; she'd cross that bridge. Eventually. Maybe. Yeah.