captured such honest and pure affection

Lis's tone was sharper than she was really used to, especially coming from him. Though the girl didn't flinch outwardly, it did drive her heartrate up more than she'd care to admit. Still, there was concern as he reached out and touched her, holding the leg still so he could look at the wound. It wasn't as bad as it had been a couple days ago, but it wasn't comfortable. "It's nothing Bas, really." She'd do her best to brush it off, at least in the moment. It was all she could do, at least until she was stronger and could do a better job fighting off pups that were bigger and more experienced.

And then he asked who it was. Hazel waved it off... she hadn't even gotten his name, shit. "Some big, pale loser freak from Habari." The red pup shook her head. "I roughed him up pretty good though, finally got to use these," she opened her mouth to show off her crystal fangs where they'd grown in. They were pretty menacing, after all. She was doing her best to seem as confident as she could. "Don't worry, I'll mess him up even better next time." Hazel would play things off like she wasn't taking the loss as hard as she was.

"Speech"