leggy ladies

"Hey yourself!"  Hanako greeted, her tail an enthusiastic white and orange blur. It had been a while since she'd last come across Jynn, but oh boy was she pleased to see a friendly face. She turned to look at her makeshift racetrack and gestured at it with a smug wave of her paw. "It's been aaages since I had a good run, so I thought it'd be fun to put together a race."

Padding to the starting line, she bowed down into a stretch and shimmied her rear a little. It was easier to fall back into playful old habits when the weight of her troubles were left behind at the Armada's borders. None of that nonsense here thank you very much. She shifted her weight from one paw to the next, careful not to step over the line in the sand as her tail kept on wagging.

"So are you game? Start when the sun gets right overhead. Any second now."