Take cover!

Pirate was a funny name for thief? That was interesting, and she was already lost in the excitement of it. She bounced a little on her paws, unable to contain her energy. "I bet I'm smarter and your stronger" she bragged,the swagger in her tone was unmistakable for the puppy bravado it was. His next words where a quatiom and she paused her boasting to consider it. "Voltages rock collection! It got washed out with the flooding but I bet they could find them along the beach side if we don't find them first! " she pointed out, already swelling out her chest, imagining herself being the one to find them and return then proudly to her uncle. If she had to fight off pirates to get them then that only made the find even better!

She barely paused to see if Solaris was keeping up with her thoughts and thought the stones worthy if thieving. She started along the littered beach, skittering from one spot to another, searching under skatted branches and clumped seaweed. "Solaris, Solaris I think I found one!" She called through a mouthful, picking up something shiny she had seen in the upturned sand. She shook it in her mouth, it felt strangle hollow. She dropped it to the ground and pawned at it. It was funny shaped and lined, a strange pale color, and light. She had never seen a seashell before and didn't have a word to name it. "That's no stone" she said, dejected. She had wanted to fight off a pirate for it.