Wild Rye Fields rest for the weary

Sorry for holding this up!

Despite the childish innocence and purity of her statement pointing out the obviousness with Risa, it was made known in an instant by her faithful guardian that the select few words she had chosen to use in that moment were deemed inappropriate. The gentle physical contact from Askan's paw in the form of a shove more than enough to get that message across before his words aided the reprimand she received. Instantly the happy go lucky expression melted away and batty ears folded back against her head as her growing body sunk under the weight of the guilt that gnawed momentarily at her for doing something wrong and her tail gave a low apologetic swing in silent response to both that of her elder and the girl she may have offended unintentionally.

This little lady didn't like to disappoint her family.

Soon, though, the attention was lifted from the lightly scolded child and onto the broken voiced girl -- Was she related to Askan in some way since the two of them were so broken? That wonky attempt at a smile hadn't gone amiss by the ever vigilant mini Jessie so maybe Sphinx could work on fixing her too! -- her dark grumpy guardian introducing himself before giving a flick of his snout to signal for the girls to follow and just like that the speckled child of the Rye's spirits picked back up. A wide grin returning to her face and accompanied by that speedy wag of her tail. "Come, come!" She encouraged the smaller pup while bouncing in the wake of Askan's steps, stifling a giggle as she took a moment to mimic his usual sour expression in hopes of fixing Risa's smile during their trip to a nearby cache before wiping the expression clean from her face should the man himself steal a glance back at them.

Sphinx didn't feel like receiving another reprimand. One a day was her limit.

Sphinx was never really any trouble. Once he'd reminded her to be nice,he saw no reason to dwell on the issue and instead he smiled at lil bug's-frankly adorable- show of enthusiasm. She was a blessing really, not just in general, but in this moment as well. With Risaela being so nervy the last thing he wanted to do was make matters worse by being too gruff or grumpy. Sphinx was the perfect counter balance to his temperament. The sunshine to his storm clouds.

He wasn't sure what it was, but he did have a fondness for Avalon daughters. The terrible two were great and all but...Well, they were called terrible for a reason.

Leading the two along, Askan cast the occasional glance over his shoulder to see how well they were keeping up. At four months or so they were hardly babies anymore, but their legs weren't as long as his so he had to cut them some slack. After a few side eyes or so he caught onto Sphinx's little game, but rather than be annoyed by it he merely rolled his eyes. Typical, taking the mick out of him when she thought he wasn't looking.

Well, two could play at this game.

Still walking ahead, Askan continued on as usual, only to quickly turn his head and stick out his tongue. He held the-frankly stupid- look for a moment, before he hid his tongue and reasserted his usual resting bitch face like he'd just done nothing out of the ordinary. But lo and behold, Askan was once known as the raspberries king, as he so often used to blow them at his sisters. A skill, he luckily seemed to have.

"Not far now." He told them, motioning to the edge of the long, golden grass.

Soon the two pups would have some food in their bellies and everyone would be happier for it, or so Askan hoped.

Fade

(This post was last modified: Oct 15, 2017, 12:22 AM by Askan.)