Lost Creek Hollow Should've never ever ever forgot

Oh, oh wow!! Not even her brother! Mae glowed under the indirect praise, certain that this must mean she was very special. She watched the other girl carefully, placing her paws exactly where she did; even so, Mae felt she wasn't as graceful as the golden-eyed girl, not attuned to this territory the way she was her own place of birth.

But when Shadowpup looked back at her and smiled, nothing else mattered quite as much. Mae smiled back. She wondered what an apprentice was.

Then her attention was swept away by the big reveal; Mae was immediately impressed. Cool, She breathed, sniffing all around the ferns before ducking toward the hollowed-out base of the tree to investigate the items within. What's in here? She asked, not touching anything. Mae was accustomed to a certain degree of possessiveness in herself and her siblings, and by now knew better than to snatch someone else's toys without asking.