last summer smiles

Solveiga stepped away from the bush she was snacking from and looked around. She really wanted to know who that scent belonged to. But luckily, she didn't have to wonder for long. Soon an excited bark met her ears, in a slightly different kind of timbre. She turned her head to the sound and saw the dark colored male bounding happily toward her. He looked a lot like a wolf, and yet he wasn't a wolf. But Solveiga didn't care. She wouldn't judge. He was happy, and happy creatures were hard to come by these days. She greeted him with a jovial bark of her own, and her cream colored tail wagged high in the air.

"Hello yourself!" she called back, giggling a bit. As he approached, she noticed the berry juice staining his fur. "I see you've come hunting the same treasures as me, have you found anything besides raspberries yet?"

Now that her mind had conjured up the word, she was dying for strawberries, and that is why she asked. Surely if there was such an abundance of raspberries here, there would be at least one other kind of berry nearby, right? Even if strawberries couldn't be found, Solveiga would be happy with any other flavor to add to the mix.

"I'm Solveiga, by the way," the woman said with a friendly grin. "It's a pleasure to meet you!"