Discoveries in the Grass

There was naught beneath the youths paws but the grass. Only the wind had disturbed the movement of the bending grasses as they danced to its tune. He blinked and glanced at the older pup, nearly looking full grown from his own stand point. "Fighting the enemy! But they're invisible!" He grunted, but it sounded a bit more like a squeak.

He was just playing after all. "I got to practice so I can protect Etain." She of his two litter-mates truly needed the most care. He worried for her. It didn't matter that she was different. Only that if she could not protect herself when the need arose he wanted to be there at her side, to help her.

With a blink he asked, "Who are you? Are you friend or foe?"