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Before he could think about acting on his thoughts, a wild Julius appeared, rearing up in front of him like some winter stallion. Relonikiv yapped in surprise, hastily backpedaling. Then he realized it was only his brother and he smiled, batting at Julius even as his brother's forelimbs wrapped around his dusty neck. His tail waved and her let Julius cling to him for a moment before he took a few backward steps and shrugged off the larger pup's embrace.

"Wanna go a'venture?" Relonikiv asked, peering sideways at the wilderness beyond the rendezvous site. He didn't know he was doing it when he made puppy eyes at Julius, their wide depths as much silver as they were blue these days.