Dragoncrest Cliffs why the laws wanna take us under?

"babies! i am back!" chani declared with a loud voice. she dragged a living snail with her into the tangle, carrying it laboriously up the side of the hollow until she could hold it above the pups' heads.
"look!" she cried, voice muffled. "slimy!"
oops; she dropped it, the poor thing shell-clattering all the way down until it thumped among mireille's brood.