Ouroboros Spine spoiling

They traded for the upperground and yet as the grass and evidence of the past summer flew around them he found himself mingling his laughter with her own until finally her legs gave out and they tumbled apart, him rolling to his paws and giving a victorious bark, tail wagging. He felt better, the air loosed in his chest from having it knocked around and his limbs looser, sure and less restless.

He sank to his own side, laying down and panting in the crisp air. "Tired already?" His voice was teasing but his tail had slowed in its movement and his sides heaved even as sparks of light returned to his eyes.