sunshiney day

He was working on paw-work with Aurielle when the call came. It wasn’t a wholly familiar voice, but he spotted the smile on his mentor’s muzzle. He straightened as she did, and tilted his head at the shimmering wolf. There were differences about her. Not in her bearing, but in her appearance. Was she… starting to glow in places? She always seemed rather itchy these days. And her fur came out at the slightest tug of his teeth when he managed to land a bite on her in their training. There was a darkening around one eye, too. Colored.

“Go ahead. He should have something interesting to show you if he’s calling you and your sibs. Feel free to fill me in on what you learn. Have fun.”

Cai grinned and turned away, breaking into a smooth traveling trot. He found the larger male waiting at the usual meeting place and tagged his bicolored brown tail in greeting as he introduced “I’m Cairo.”

He seemed to be the first to arrive, he noted with a glance, so let his haunches lower to the dirt, absently spotting a fluff of white fur floating from his coat—Aurielle’s, product of a recent spar. Turning deep sapphire eyes to red, he grinned affably, asking, ”So, what’re we learning today?”

Word Count - 216
Total Word Count - 525

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