The Sunspire And while I'm alive

That seemed to thrill the other wolf to an odd degree, but Maia loved a friendly greeting, so she accepted it happily, returned it a bit, and her own mood lifted more.  Another newcomer! That was cool!

"Nah, it wath a hive."  She said, the was slipping out before she could catch that it would sound off.  She was getting better at talking without those sounds but sometimes you couldn't avoid it.  "Wraen and I were tryin to get honey, but it didn' go well."  Fortunately it hadn't ended worse, but the memory took a bit of the wind out of her sails again. "Doeth it look awful?"  She hadn't seen, could only judge by feel.  But she felt suddenly self-conscious at the thought of it.