Dragoncrest Cliffs salt pearls

the puppies warred! mireille, surprised, did nothing at first. and then she reached to separate them with a nudge of her muzzle.
"peace! no fightin'," but even as she said it, she wondered if it was best for tousaint to be so tested by his sister.
it might be the very lot of his life — and so she paused and pulled back, and waited to see how this might go for each of them.