Redtail Rise you're such a strange girl

This was a language that was unmistakeable.

At first she watched, her tail stilled, as though considering it.  She let it go a moment too long, her own joke being to draw out his suspense... and then she shifted into a slight, challenging smile.  She would play.

Her pose bent to match and then she skipped sideways, huffing a quiet bark in his direction.  Then she whirled at him in an attempt to catch his tail.