Redsand Canyon Wrote my number on the bathroom wall

Both of them halted, eyeing each other. She broke the silence first, warning him at first, then threatening him before Talisman could get a word in edgewise. He blinked, then frowned.

I was minding my own business, the alabaster coyote rejoined, just trying to get down out of the mountains. I didn’t even see you there.

He licked his lips and fidgeted. He wasn’t a threat but she already knew that. Talis wondered why almost everybody around here reacted so negatively to him. His father had always told him he had superior genetics, hence his unique looks, but he was beginning to wonder if they weren’t working against him even more than his species.