Lost Creek Hollow it was not meant that we should voyage far.

Sif's tail wagged, too. Wow! She hadn't expected that to be so easy, but apparently, she was just an ace at this friendship stuff. That, and it was far easier to communicate with those whose vocabulary more closely resembled her own.

"Okay," she said with an agreeable bob of her head. It was a long journey, but perhaps they could stop along the way to see Hella and some of the others. Rheia would surely be as beloved by them as she was by Sif. Right?!

Sif turned back the way she'd come, only to pause for a moment when she realized she still hadn't gotten what she'd come for. Um... wan to hunt?" she asked in a small voice, not wanting to disappoint her new friend by not setting off at once. "Hungry friend. Hella. Needs hunt."