it smells like dog in here [1]

For @Scimitar :)

For the n^th time, things were falling apart. Must be Tuesday.

Paarthurnax was nowhere to be found. Bazi had personally combed the entirety of Swiftcurrent Creek and its surrounding areas without turning up so much as lead. It was as though an enormous bird of prey had swooped in from some lofty hell and carried the desert wolf away, leaving blood and a grieving family behind. In all likelihood, she was dead. Bazi wept when the thought occurred to hear, which wasn't until the moment she finally decided to stop searching.

To make matters worse, her search had turned up something else to worry about. Foreign scents - sour, almost, and utterly unrefined. It wasn't a scent she recognized, but it made her lizard brain hum with distress, and that was not a warning to be ignored.

They had to leave. Now, ideally. Who knew when Shadow would hear of what had happened and come charging in? Bazi swore under her breath - Shadow hadn't even crossed her mind. Stepping away from the den-site that she guarded during her every waking moment, Bazi called for Scimitar.