Redtail Rise I

The man allowed him up, fully cementing him as a playmate and as a friend. He had forgotten what it was like to run with someone who was not interested in asserting his position, or in trying to force Ashlar to prove something he was not. If he had known the man counted him above, he'd not have known what to say.

Ashlar scrambled to his paws and reared back, then bounded in a playful semicircle around. This time he would be the one chased. His tail spun in an exuberant display as he turned and took off, laughing, hoping he would be followed.