Emberwood clutch

The paw disappeared, and Sophia looked up to see the blurry shape of dad move its mouth and make gentle bloo blee blah noises. Victoria seemed to understand what that meant - a taunt? A challenge? - because she toddled towards Cambria and launched a gummy assault. Not to be outdone, her sister half rolled, half crawled until she hit chest - and resumed her hammering with fearsome warcry squeak.

Mere minutes later, suddenly and in the midst of battle, she fell asleep.

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