Dragoncrest Cliffs Pearl Celebration

Of late, Stingray wasn't feeling all the togetherness of the pack — he felt pretty weird overall after that prank Suzu pulled on him and then his parents not being at the latest meeting — but he couldn't deny the suspense and hope welling in him with this new game.

When they were invited forward to select their oysters, Stingray dove ahead of most of his peers, eager to grab the best looking of the bunch before anyone else had a chance at them. He crammed them into his mouth and shouldered aside any fellow looking to snatch them from him, then retreated some distance to begin cracking them open.

He laughed triumphantly when his very first oyster contained his pearl. It was silvery and glimmered in the light. He snatched it up in his jaws, shoving the unused oysters away, and held it up for inspection, feeling rather proud of himself and completely unaware of how small it was.