When it's already dragging me down

The wolf's response brought a rumble of a chuckle to the horse's chest, nostrils flickering as he assured, "I've had foals latched onto the end tugging away and only lost a few hairs. They played rough. It's when only a small amount is grabbed that I lose hair and feel it."

Isolde clicked her beak as she caught the jay's remark, regarding her with one golden eye as she landed on the stallion's back. "I prefer small mammals like rabbits and mice. Birds are too stringy." There was a hint of laughter in her crisp voice.

The stallion shifted, swinging his hind end around, and Wangui clung to his tail with her lemur hands, swinging the end of the braided tail out over the wuicksand to the wolf as Taliesyn lowered his hind end enough to make grabbing for the tail easier, calling around his shoulder, "Now, as you're coming out, shake your legs like you're trying to get water out of your fur after a swim. Rapid friction helps loosen the grip fo the sand, especially at an angle."

He waited until Wangui patted his haunch once the wolf had clamped down, then leaned forward, letting his weight gradually pull forward as he inched forward, steady and patient.

Walk ---- "Speak" ---- "Hear" ---- Think