Nova Peak Long way home

The growing pup had just come across the frail skeleton of some bird or another when he heard footfalls. He looked up to see Bazi trotting toward him. Relonikiv naturally bowed his head, his tail dropping to wiggle low against his hind legs. When she came within reach, he bumped and licked the underside of her snout, then dropped his pale silver eyes to the tiny skeleton.

"Thith," he said, pointing a sandy toe at it. "It wath a birdie, right?" he guessed. He was fairly certain he was correct, considering the bones included a prominent beak among them. As a predator, even a young one, he was already quite familiar with internal anatomy. "Who eated it?" he wondered, gazing up at her curiously as if to ask, Was it you?