En garde!

Giggles was catching and Ophie had it bad. She snorted like a little piglet as her eyes squeezed tight, rolling onto her side as she kicked at the air, as though to rid herself of all her pent up energy. By the time she managed to catch her breath her vision wasn't quite as blurry around the edges and she decided she liked the boys smile, it looked better on him than a snarl. Rolling back onto her belly, Ophie extended her limbs horizontally as she got comfy, her tail still wagging away with a tippity-tap-tap. She lapped up his praise like she was a lizard resting in the sun, letting her warm her from inside out as she ducked her head a little. A touch shy.

"Thanks! I-I'm Ophie." It meant a lot to know he thought she'd done well, they'd only just met but she felt as though his opinion was important. Like he counted. She crawled closer, still on her belly. "I'm ss- I didn't hurt you did I? I didn't mean to hit you that hard I just...got a bit carried away. It was loads of fun." She rested her chin on her leg, looking up at him with eager eyes.

No one played with her like he had, just creative and free as though the world didn't matter for a little while.