Lion Head Mesa because of you

The first thing Maegi thought upon coming across the. . .thing. . .was that it was the biggest rat she'd ever seen.

Except rats didn't bark like puppies.

Expression caught between twisted amusement and utter bewilderment, she hobbled closer, staring down the creature with a burning, bi-color stare. He called for Crowfeather.

Hadn't she just spoken to the man?

Um. . .are you lost? Maegi asked him, brows drawing tightly together. Maybe it was a pup; she remembered Ramsay's stunted form well, and perhaps this little one was deformed like her brother had been. Like she was.

A touch of tenderness filled her gaze at the thought, though she remained, on the whole, quite perplexed.