Dragoncrest Cliffs little devils

have they come home yet? sobeille weighed her answer with a distant expression. yes. some. she continued to scrape her scent along the dirt, leaving rich tufts of auburn fur in snagging branches. leonore did the same, and sobeille sniffed at the pile marked by her in approval.

as the girl's complaint drifted off mid-sentence, sobeille grinned, plucking a stick from a nearby bush and carrying it for several strides. she worked the bark in her teeth and then dropped the stick at a patch of tussock grass. scraping her pawpads in the ground here, she mentioned for leonore to do the same.

dese gulls, you must not be trustin' dem. dey will carry a puppy off if they get close enough. sobeille made note to tell shadess and lafayette of this. when you see dem circling, you tell de puppies to take cover, an' you must protect dem. bark, lunge, and grab dem if you can. dey are fast, but dey are cowards. dey will not fight if the meal isn't easy.