Smooth and silky

One of the things Ember loved about her mother the most was how real and down to earth she was. It let the young girl feel comfortable joking and having conversations like the attention of boys without nervousness or embarrassment. So when Briar sighed and rolled her eyes, Ember just flashed her mother a cheeky grin, acting like the picture perfect definition of innocent. Briar mentioned that the boys had better not stare at her too long with her father around and the adolescent wolf just snickered and waved that thought off. "C'mon Mom, Dad's not that scary! He's just really big, but he's not dangerous or anything," A pause, and then Ember added, "...right?" For all her life, Artorias had been protective, sure, but never threatening or scary. Her dad was basically like a big teddy bear with her all the time. She'd never even seen him get mad before. Trying to think about him being dangerous just seemed so farfetched, especially once her mother confirmed that he did indeed help her care for her tail. Picturing her alpha sire brushing and braiding her mother's luxurious tail was just too funny and it made Ember burst into giggles when Briar booped her nose with a paw.

Next came the final part of their grooming lesson: braiding and decorating. Ember listened with rapt attention and watched with wide eyes as Briar demonstrated how to go about doing a basic braid to keep her long tail off of the ground. It didn't seem to complex in practice, just overlapping each side of her fur back and forth down the middle. "Left... right... left... right..." Ember repeated like a mantra as she focused on repeating her mother's motions. It was a slower process than Briar's practiced paws, but gradually Ember's tail began to take on a braid, pulling the flowing fur up and out of the way. A smile grew on the girl's muzzle the more she did; she was doing it! "Like this?" she asked as she reached about halfway down her tail. Her fur wasn't nearly as long as Briar's was, so it didn't take much time or handling to make it halfway, but it was already starting to feel a million times better!

"Ember Carpathius"