Now I see fire, inside the mountain

It wasn't often that Leshen found himself without both @Vanity or @Arwen, but it had been some time now since he had seen either.

He had no one to blame but himself, and this would certainly teach him better than to trade the comforts of his den for a rainy excursion. Yet, this new knowledge did not change the fact that he had become hopelessly lost -- confounded by the soggy trails -- leaving him with no way back unless he was found or returned.

The earthy boy was taking all of this mostly in stride, and he was occupied, for now, with trying to dig up a mouse he'd chased into a thin, muddy tunnel. He grunted and whined and dug and dug and dug as hard as he could, but no mouse came and fell limp at his feet. They always did when his mother was around... he didn't understand.

Leshen's frustrations mounted until he was barking -- loudly, repeatedly -- into the ruined burrow, boorishly demanding that he be fed this very instant.

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