A Great, Wide World of Wonder

Aelloshir heard the stranger’s voice before Aurielle did, but she was swift enough to catch on by the last few words. She felt the cat stiffen behind her, but her gradated sapphire and sky blue eyes had spotted the other wolf and watched with curiosity as he moved along the wall. He was older than her, definitely, and since he wasn’t inside the wall, she supposed that maybe he wasn’t a member of Celestial. Thus, caution should be had.

However, caution warred with curiosity, and the latter won—by a hair, at least. She compromised with both by staying on the wall, out of general reach of the stranger, calling out to the fellow in a low, polite voice. She hadn’t quite learned yet how to make her voice carry without raising it to a shout (or a squeal, in her case), and her young shyness restricted some of her volume.

“Hello, sir.”

Behind her she felt the vibration as Aelloshir grumbled and shifted carefully to gather his haunches beneath himself, ready to spring down on the male if he started anything. Should she have called out to the male? Probably not, but it was done, now. She’d followed the rules, after all. She was inside the border – on it was more the correct term – and she wasn’t talking to a stranger without a guardian with her.

Pup logic. Go figure.

Walk ---- "Speak" ---- "Hear" ---- Think