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Within a few seconds, her curiosity overruled her knee-jerk reaction to withdraw. By then, both Witch and Skaigona had crowded closer to the stone—no, the creature—in preparation to attack. Druid let out a small, Ooo… even as she slowly pushed in between the other two girls to peer down at this over-sized pebble come to life.

Despite the three young wolves looming over it, two of them quite intimidatingly, the mysterious animal didn’t move. Well, it did move: it flailed and pedaled its limbs quite restlessly. But it didn’t go anywhere, remaining stationary in its upturned position.

Although it didn’t smell like any prey she recognized, Druid couldn’t resist the lure of small, jerking movements. Without bothering to bare her teeth or growl, she darted in to nip at the turtle’s exposed head with her teeth… and actually managed to grab it, earning a sharp pinch for her efforts that elicited an involuntary ki-yi!