The beating, beating paws

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Kotori had been sleeping, belly up on the furs, twisted at an angle with Splash his leopard’s back pressed against his back.  The little mongoose Fang who often acted as if he disliked the growing pup was different when it was time to sleep.  The creature was curled up in a ball sleeping tucked around one of his paws.  Dad’s howl was enough to quickly wake Kotori, he rolled over so fast that Fang got a rough awakening when his paw- bed pulled away so fast as to shove him to one side.

Fang was slowly learning the wolf tongue and the curses he threw out included some with wolfs language but still mongoose when he didn’t know the terms.  “Oh hush,” Kotori chastised the mongoose as he raced out of the den.  Dad’s call had a more serious note than he was use to hearing.  His head turned to Goss at her questioning to herself what was going on, his mind mirroring her thought.  He followed along as they ran to go see the watchful adults.  They were all tense, indeed the tension seemed to hang in the frosty air.  It seemed there must be a fight coming! Kotori was sure he’d be ready for it but at the same time with all the tension he felt the weight from what had to be a true threat.

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