Redtail Rise metzengerstein

Avicus nods, and notes her stilted speech. at that, she sticks out her tongue, revealing the scarred stump of it, dangling toward Lilia.

a fighh' 'hhookh my 'hhongue, she remarks, then lets the appendage retreat, giving the girl a gimlet look. why d'you 'hhpeak oddh?

the girl's the only wolf she knows with odd speech patterns.

perhaps they're the only two on earth.

at any rate, it's warmed her to the wayward pup, and her body language relaxes, fur bristling less than before.