We can go to see a show, but I'll make you pay

Nightjar squeaked in response, although it was really just random noise rather than acknowledgement of Elwood's praise. His ears wouldn't pop off his head for another three weeks, and wouldn't actually hear anything for a week after that. It would be quite some time before he could appreciate compliments.

He pulled himself forward with strong legs and bumped blindly into the Beta's paw. Without hesitation he began to rub his gums against the coarse hair, both savouring the new sensation and searching for something to draw milk out of. He soon found the Beta's blunt nail, which he wrapped his mouth around, only to pull away a moment later as his mouth was assaulted with the taste of everything and anything Elwood had stepped on or in in the last day.