Blacktail Deer Plateau hey man,

Kindle wanted to groan at the look on the dog's face, but instead managed to just look silently constipated. Yet there was a part of him that was thrilled beyond measure — here was an individual who was in clear and constant need of his guidance.

"'Course not," he said at once, though he made no promises about any other dogs they might come across. And, of course, this assertion relied on Kindle being there to make sure Katmai knew that Cosmo was not for eating. He'd just have to make sure of that, though, and they'd all be square.

He popped to his paws at once, as if Cosmo had electrocuted him with those words.

"We'll have to do somethin' about that, then," he said, already decided. "Let's you and me go on a hunt, huh? Dogs hunt, right?"

He knew they could, apparently, breed quite freely with wolves. They couldn't be all that different, could they?