All In All It's Just Another Brick In the Wall

The red woman gets back to work, noting the sour disposition that the taller wolf has. As she jumps down into the trench, Keahi wonders if he is just really sleepy or if he is always like this. The thought is quickly banished as she easily falls back into the rhythm of digging, the frozen earth finally moving more easily under her paws. Ruga rejoins her at some point and joins in the excavating process. The first time a clod of dirt smacks into her red coat, the tropical wolf turns wide, surprised eyes to her working partner. Hmm. He must have just been really careless. Head bows as she returns to work, ignoring the errant clump of flying dirt. They continue along, Ruga and her sides growing closer and closer and the clumps of dirt begin to fly more and more.

When a huge clod smacks Keahi in the head, she has to stop and swipe the dirt out of her eyes and is forced to blink away tears as some of the grit grinds into the soft orbs. Huffing an annoyed sigh, the red woman leaps out of the trench and stalks over to the water jug, pouring herself a cup of water and taking a long drink. Blue eyes rimmed with red, turn to the grumpy man and she watches him for a moment, considering how to defuse his anger. Downing the rest of her water, the red wolf walks over to where the man works and says, “Hey Ruga, when you're done digging, why don’t you take a break? Seems like you could use a nap. I’m going to start laying the stones.”

Keahi knows she can build the wall by herself and she doesn’t really need a grumpy wolf trying to hinder her work. It might take her twice as long but she can work long into the night to finish their section. Hopefully the wind won’t knock over too many things over tonight…


"Keahi Mogotsi"