ADVENTURER RETURNED

A short howl drew her attention to the male sitting atop the crater, the one she wanted to explore. She smiled and watched him descend, eager to meet new people as always. As he approached, she realized one thing. He was not all that big, but he looked like he could easily best her in battle, even though she would never allow such a thing to happen. She stopped a few paces from him, her smile easygoing and happy as she tilted her mismatched gaze downward to meet his own. "Hi! I'm Udosa, who are you?" She inquired politely, giving her tail a few wags behind her to show that she was friendly, if the man had not discovered that already. Her thick coat had become sticky and stiff as the salt water dried in the fur. She gave her pelt a savage shaking once more, hoping to dislodge some of the nuisances. Her unusually thick ruff was sticking out in all directions when she finished, but she had been dealing with that for some time. She simply lifted one of her paws and smoothed it down a bit, though the coarse and unruly hairs would not settle completely, and she looked kind of like a lion. She waited for the man to reply, happy to be meeting someone new.






"Speech"