Swiftcurrent Creek from the mouths of babes

Ever eager to please, Dr. Kiv plucked up the proverbial clipboard and immediately got to work on his patient, offering a deep and insightful trigger question to get her talking: why indeed? Bazi hesitated, glancing around for signs of approaching company before turning her nose down to stare at the gibbon of a wolf that clung tightly to her knee.

"Well..." Yes, why exactly? Bazi frowned, eased her rear gently onto the chilly ground, and pondered. "Auntie Bazi likes Big Uncle Scimitar, very much, but.. she doesn't know how to tell him that," she informed the pint-sized ankle bracelet turned psychiatrist.