Dragoncrest Cliffs this that burn, this aint no perm

sobeille's prank went afoul in short order. she'd managed to scare the woman, but in doing so, had also managed to irritate something in kheviel's back.

sobeille stepped back as the woman began spasming. this was a novel reaction for the girl. in all her pranking, she had never caused convulsion. most wolves might feel the burn of guilt or shame to see their prank run aground and hurt a friend: not sobeille. she watched almost clinically, wondering where in the assembly-line that was kheviel's spine the kinked, broken link sat.

astera came into sobeille's vision then, earning a wag of the girl's tail. she bit back her tongue as kheviel called her a rather deserved epithet. what be wrong wit' your back, kheviel?