hide and seek

Hydrae crouched down slightly. Truthfully, she'd had no idea that the woman would try to hide. Simple as that. But when Venom signaled she'd be willing to play along, Hydrae grinned all toothy-like and closed her eyes, turning away and pushing her face against the den wall. Sure, there wasn't a lot of room down there, but the wary pup found delight that the adult was willing to play with her. After all, adults were able to go out and do all kinds of cool things, and who knew what cool stuff this lady did!

She sort of recalled something being important about Venom... but couldn't recall what. So she shoved it away and began to sneak through the den, because she could smell Venom, smell the outsider of her, standing out like an alarm in the environment of the den that Hydrae knew so well. The cavern was big, especially to her, and Hydrae wanted to draw it out... so the first time, she just padded right past where Venom hid, making a biiiig show of sniffling and looking, squinting, and making noise! She wanted Venom to really, really, really think she was hidden!

Hydrae took a turn to the right, skittered away, and snickered to herself as she waited -- holding her breath, holding very, very still, until enough time passed and she hoped that Venom would have crept from her spot! But even if Venom didn't--!

Hydrae bolted towards the crevice, rearing up on her hind legs and barking-- "Ah! Ah! I foun'ya!" She boxed out with her paws and beamed, all toothy and sharp. "Heheh! Da's a good spot though!" When Hydrae's tail wagged, her entire rear wiggled. "Very smart! Y'wanna see ano'ver spot?" Hydrae lowered her voice, offering to show Venom a good hiding place.