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Later on Watch Me would look back at the start of the day with a wistful smile and an overly-dramatic sigh. It had been almost too perfect. Rouge had arrived with all her dogs in tow and he’d managed to corral two of his daughters into an impromptu ‘special fun-time catch-up with maybe some new dog acts and singing, except you can just watch Tender sorry’.

He was in the middle of a very loud and boisterous retelling of his latest liaison with a mysterious female when he was interrupted sharply by Prize (not an uncommon occurrence, but perhaps he should have caught onto her tone, which instead of being just annoyed or bored, held a hint of vicious amusement).

"You have a visitor."

He spun instantly, full of beaming smiles and loud welcomes…

… and then he saw her.

The smile stuck to his face in the most alarming way, like the grinning head of a skull. "Aaaaaaah..." he breathed out a long sound of defeat, visions of his traumatic foalhood rushing back.

The new Kiokote pushed forward past Prize and grinned widely, her voice unnecessarily loud considering the small space between them, and announced grandly, "dear cousin, I have found you!"

Over to the side, Seclusion arched an eyebrow and finally looked even vaguely interested in the proceedings.

"Aaaaaaaaaah," Watch Me whined out again.

The female Kiokote didn’t seem at all phased by Watch Me’s ‘I am facing my own mortality and my fragile mental state can’t handle it’ expression and moved in for further greeting, by slamming her shoulder in what was meant to be a companionable gesture against his. It nearly laid him flat.

"That’s all you got to say?" She crowed, beaming at him and everyone else.

Prize, with a nasty sort of grin, decided that if Watch Me was going to forget how to speak, she’d just do it for him. "We’re so glad you came. Where did you come from?"

"Well, the plains of course. I was just running about one day and I thought to myself, whatever happened to that weird dinky little cousin of mine, with all his singing and prancing about? Sure was a hell of a trip. How’d you even make it, cousin? I’m surprised you got halfway."

Seclusion moved up alongside her sister and mother, eyeing their new aunt. "I think we might have to introduce ourselves."

Watch Me wasn't being at all interesting and so Wild Eyes was more than ready for the distraction Rouge, Tender and Seclusion provided.

"You got fluffy ears, girl!" She declared loudly, as if that was the only thing that mattered and then laughed delightedly. "What's with you little spindle-legged things? So dainty!"

"They are Acha," Watch Me finally got past his horror in order to defend his favourite race. Unfortunately he still looked read to drown himself in the nearest pond.

"I could snap 'em like twigs," she responded with a jovial sort of hoof stamp.

"No, she seems boorish," Seclusion said back to Tender, "and I rather like that."