By dawn the days half over

Kotori’s grin only fueled his own, and the easily-excited father lowered his head and brushed his nose against the back of Ko’s head. Letting Kotori take his time to figure out the scents and find the one Sirius meant.

“It’s almost like… a cross between a cat and a bear, and smaller then either.” he said. Knowing Kotori had been around his bear companion all the boys life, and had something to compare to. With the ‘cats’ all of them familiar with being the size of Bast and Natha, it was easy to consider a red panda small in comparison. “They do climb trees, lets move along quietly and see if we can spot him?”