The man was suddenly jolted out of his meditation when a loud noise startled him slightly; he had been trained to not let things surprise him easily, but the noise was quite loud, quite high-pitched, and very close to his ear. Opening his eyes and turning to the sound slowly, he found that he was right in his predictions that the one who had interrupted him was, in fact, a puppy.
Her body had soft, plush, light orange fur, lined with a dark orange stripe running from her tail to along her back to the top of her head. Her eyes were a rather bright blue, contrasting from Ansui's own deep brown eyes. He gave her a warm smile, his tail slowly swiping across the sand so that two mounds of the grainy substance were on either side of his slowly wagging tail. Looking beyond the puppy, he saw and smelled another - this time, it appeared to be a white wolf with a black muzzle and brown accents. She seemed to be hanging back from Ansui and the puppy, and he gave her a smile as well.
"Hello to you both," the mountain dog rumbled, his deep voice slow and deliberate. "Do either of you care to join me in meditation?"
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