06-19-2017, 09:55 PM
An enemy who gets in, risks the danger of becoming a friend.
It must be the season that is making him a bit more mischievous than he has ever been, unless it happened to be his sister - he’d tease her from sunup to sundown, but she let him, only ending the mirthful banter with a hard look and a harder nip of her teeth that made his skin smart from the pain of it. This one, seemed more serious than most, but he caught hints of the sass in her from time to time. She snapped back with as much wit as a raven has and it took him by surprise, egged on his mischievous side and made him see how far he could take his ridiculous demands.
He snaps back to attention at her question, grinning cheekily before he responds to her. “Much! Thanks to you. Now, how can I ever repay a stranger’s kindness?”
But she gave in! She walked right up to him, to the offered side and set her teeth to the task of ridding him of the bothersome itch that no longer existed. Up close, he could see that she was as old as he was, and as tall and he liked that he could easily look her in the eye. He leaned into her teeth, cocking a hip in relaxation as she tended to the itch and then smoothed his fur back down. It took no time at all, but in the few minutes that it did take, he’d reach out and nip gently at her own skin just to show his pleasure and thanks to her for what she was doing. He’d have owed his sister much more than a grooming session in return, like the gift of an apple, perhaps one of the last of the season…
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