Sequoia Coast Ocean of Stars

"Easy there, tiger," Wraen told the boy, but was glad to see that she had been able to distract him. And that all this pent up energy that made him quarrel with other puppies and be a brat the rest of the time would have a chance to be invested elsewhere. She hoped only that Elfie would not get bored or discouraged in the face of all the things he had to learn and, when he would realize that doing was neither easy, nor fast. 

"You will have to tell your father about the deal with Asterism Grove, if we have any," that was the first spoonful of tar in the honey-pot. "And you will have to apologize to Bronco and Sugar Glider. While you are entitled to have an opinion on the matters relating dead and afterlife, so are they. You will leave the flowers on the graves alone and you will not get in similar arguments with them in the future. Or the deal is off," she was still speaking kindly, but there was a stern note in her voice.