Hideaway Strath there's a spark in your heart, that's all you need

Mom's approval was all he needed. He thumped his short puppy tail and at her bump, made to shuffle forward a little more.

But the big man got to him first, and in a swoop, Turmeric found himself wrapped in an embrace that reminded him of the sun. Warm, and firm, and soft. He'd squeaked at the onset - a pitched gasp of surprise - but came to lay easy between the new wolf's paws, and he stared up with that same childlike wonder he had turned towards the light, and his mother. Now, to this new friend.

A little giggle escaped him when the man rasped his tongue across him, and Turmeric reached up to try and bap his nose against this his new friend's chin.

"Aye!", he squeaked, trying to call his brother with what little sounds he knew. He'd seen him toppling his way over, and wanted him to come here too!