Lion Head Mesa because of you

She nodded, though thinking back. . .he'd seemed fine? Scarred, a little limping, but fine. But this one seemed to know him better, and so she took his word for it.

And then the dynamic changed. The little thing looked. . .offended? And the answer shook her.

Four years?! Surely he meant months. Still, she hadn't meant to upset him. Maybe he really was like herself and Ramsay, just permanently stunted. Maybe he hadn't grown since four months.

I'm sorry, Maegi said, trying to give him her best look of contrition. I mean, you are quite. . .small. So forgive me for asking. I just wanted to make sure you weren't lost out here. 

She'd met dogs, but never one this tiny. Could he really fault her for thinking he was a child?