I could really use one of your spikey hugs

Aoife was trotting purposefully towards the cache where she'd buried a bone to hide it from her siblings when harsh words made her ears flick forward, and she snuffed curiously at the air to see who could possibly be arguing out here. One of the scents belonged to one of Justice's always-wayward pups, while the other... Wait, was that... Deus? Uh oh.

A puppyish yowl calling for Aoife's mother put Aoife's quills up in alarm. Double uh oh. She needed to get him out of here before her mom showed up expecting a trespasser and he got in trouble. She'd probably drag him home and tell his parents and then someone would probably find out that it wasn't the first time one of them had crossed the others border, and then they'd both be in trouble.

Aoife bounded forward as fast as she could, zooming up to Deus and the younger girl and barely skidding to a stop. "Uhhhh hi Kaija! Bye, Kaija!" she chirped, taking a firm grip on Deus' wrist with her paw-hand and tugging on him in an attempt to drag his much-larger form along with her at a run. "Good job protecting the borders! You're a very fierce warrior and I appreciate you!" She tugged harder on Deus to hurry him as she spoke over her shoulder to the younger, tusked pup. She needed to get Deus to the border - but maybe not his border because he came looking for her here for a reason, so she changed her angle slightly. "Deus, come on, run," she hissed at him urgently.