It's not your fault, it's not your fault

Sophie Hughes · 01-03-2012, 08:12 PM

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Sophie and Boothe had barely made it out of the trees before something came toward them, and their scampering was interrupted by the large...beast they'd startled. Sophie, who'd dashed out in front of it and had probably been the first in its path, saw the creature and quickly swung back around, her paws slipping and scrabbling for purchase before she ducked behind her larger brother and peeked over his back. Boothe, for his part, played "big brother" perfectly, jumping so that his feet stood apart and puffing up so much with all his fur standing on end that he looked much bigger than he was. He'd even pulled his lips back from his teeth, but no growl came out, as he was uncertain what to do about the large creature who was obviously big enough to eat them.

Sophie noticed the wolf riding on its back first, and whimpered, burrowing into Boothe's side and peering out from under his stomach uncertainly, as she'd managed to go under him instead of into him. Boothe pranced nervously, and finally began bullying Sophie back toward the treeline, away from the scary creature and its insane handler. Sophie went willingly enough, but they both stopped, frightened, when they were called out to. Boothe stepped over Sophie, mostly hiding his runt sister from view, and lowered his head, glaring at the beast distrustfully. Sophie wormed around until her head popped out just beneath his, staring with wide eyes but not coming off as hostile as her brother did.

Sophie's brow furrowed as the strange woman told them the creature--horse--thought they were going to eat it, and she was just about to reply when Boothe piped up. "We can't eat somin'at big! It eat us!" He barked, and backed away a bit, dragging Sophie with him when it appeared she wouldn't follow. Sophie crawled along with him, but eyed the horse anxiously, and finally lifted her head and piped up curiously, "Why on it, muss?" Boothe caught her ear between his teeth and gave a little pull, quite clearly not being at all curious about the creature that looked as though it could swallow them in one bite and wanting to get out of there. Sophie wouldn't let him drag her with him, though, and with a frustrated sigh, he simply positioned himself in front of her, and then seemed to think about it for a moment before sitting on her.

She was safest under his butt.

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