Word Count :: 219
Skoll thrashed his tail exuberantly as his father came down to nudge him, his deep voice and smile soothing as always. When Vigilante was around, the puppy felt like he didn’t have to be big so fast. His father was here and would protect the family and be leader and everything would be okay. Sometimes the boy had felt like he’d needed to fill in when the dog King was gone, although he didn’t quite think of it that way. There was no need now, though, and he could relax and enjoy all the time he could spend with his sometimes busy father.
Vigilante chuckled and said that he didn’t think Caspa was a ghost, which gave the boy pause. He frowned and was about to ask if she was maybe a little tiny bit part ghost when he went on, and Skoll was all too happy to describe the temple. “I not see any ghosts, but maybe.” He shuddered lightly as he remembered the funny-looking skeleton that Terra had proceeded to wreck.
“Funny old bones!” the prince said passionately, rolling onto all fours and staring solemnly up at his father. “With a funny-lookin’ short face!” Other than that, the bones had looked almost luperci, though the boy luckily didn’t have experience with the remains of his own kind.
Image courtesy of Frank Wuestefeld @ flickr; Table by the Mentors!
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