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[/html]It was perhaps more survival than anything that drove her to being adorable. When hoisted up to an unsafe height - from her perspective, this was well over ten times her height above ground - look cute and avoid getting dropped or otherwise hurt. Not that Magnolia had ever threatened her or even suggested that harm might be caused. Just that she knew how to be cute when she needed it. Besides, she was adorable in her own way, even normally. Though perhaps some wouldn't have thought it "cute" that she loved to growl and tear things up. It was just instinct teaching her every day, though. So that someday she would be a fierce hunter and a loyal packmate to all of the Salsolan family.
She was glad, though, when the older female sat down. Mostly because it meant there was no possibility of falling and getting injured. Her tail wagged even faster to show her appreciation. "Erissssspawn! Ataxia!" she said proudly, as if that was her name. Erisspawn Ataxia, indeed. That was far less important than the shiny things that Magnolia was starting to show her. In particular, a shiny loop thing from a place called Halifax. Though the word might have been thrown around before, the young D'Angelo wasn't familiar with what it meant. Her nostrils flared as she looked at the dangling thing, distracted by it. There had been a question, though... oh! "No no! Whaaaaa is, wha is?!" Ataxia excitedly bounced on her feet, looking imploringly at her babysitter. What was a Halifax?