The benefit of the doubt

Haiku had indeed run into the bigger wolf, but he bounced off just as easily and settled in the sand on his rump. He looked up with big tricolor eyes as Lyric spoke, despite the sadness in his eyes the older boy was all smiles. He had a welcoming tone to his voice that Haiku quite liked. The young boy beamed up at his cousin, ”Hello, big one!” The puppy giggled lightly, his tail wagging happily at his rear. ”Yeah, I’m alright.” He rubbed his shoulder with one paw convincingly. Haiku and Sen were constantly roughhousing, he was fine.

Haiku had just about run himself out too, at this point he was starting to feel a bit tired. His own maw opened to reveal his sharp puppy teeth with a quick yawn. Not that he would ever ever ever admit defeat to a nap.