What is this?

It was not dissimilar to watching the cogs in a clock tick, the way the young pup's mind connected all the pieces. Jed knew that as soon as she had realized what was happening, she would be gone and here it had happened. The male whirled in the snow to watch her dart off before bouncing after her with long legs. Amazingly a parent or otherwise still had not shown themselves and he was both still worried and equally thankful they hadn't. It gave him a chance to learn about the surrounding area as well as giving him a good reputation to perhaps gain favor with whomever Rose was with or who she knew.

The brute could easily keep pace with her and he even had to slow himself so as to not pass the girl, instead using the space to press hard in the snow beneath to make a good trail, should she return after their games in the direction they came. "Once we find a good tree or two and get what we need, we're going to need a big hill." There was a twinkle in golden eyes, and he couldn't seem to help himself from dancing around her in a circle once before going alongside her again. "I used to do this game with my siblings when I was your age. It's very fun!"