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The sun’s heat beat down on the brown wild dog’s back, turning his normally bouncy gait in to more a lazy trot. The morning had been exciting enough. Chasing various small mammals and charging through a group of feeding vultures, but as he continued on his journey through the day he had found little else to occupy him. A loud yawn escaped his maw, the smell of water nearby catching his attention. A drink would do nicely, and perhaps he would find something interesting there.

What he soon came upon instead of water was a grey form sitting atop a rock talking to her paws. He wondered idly if they spoke back to her as he slowly trotted closer. His tail gave a lazy wag upon seeing it was another wild dog. Rex was always up for a bit of company. He jumped on to his hing legs, placing the forepaws against the side of the den. “Hello!” A large grin split his maw.

The brown male cocked his head to one side after the female yelped. Had he startled her? A small movement caught his attention and he turned to see a little mouse running off from the pair. Maybe that was what she had been talking with then, instead of her paws. His attention was brought back to the female as she spoke to him, the goofy grin back on his face and ears quickly perking forward. “Whelp? I’m not a whelp, I'm a Rex’rhi!” He game a small sniff at the female before he cocked his head once more to the side. “What is your name?”

A small tail wag came in reply as she shared with him her name, though slowed to a halt as she continued her sentence. Rex looked down at his paws resting on the side of her den and then back up at the female. Slowly he backed up, letting his paws fall back to the ground, and sat staring up at her. He sat looking a bit dejected, glancing quickly around for something that might help keep a conversation going. He didn’t want to leave now, go back to his walking alone, but the female certainly didn’’t seem too pleased. Maybe if he could find something they had in common she’d let him stay!

At the mention of a hunt he bounced up to his paws. “I like hunting! Can I come with you? I’m a good hunter.” Rex bounced slighly on his paws where he stood, staring hopefully up at Deinocti.

Rex’s ears and tail drooped at her reply. He nearly made to say something, to try and change her mind, but the female started to run off. He watched curiously for a moment before letting out a short, excited bark and chasing after her. Rex was not a slow dog, and though he didn’t catch up to her he was able to at least keep pace enough to stay within earshot. “Are we playing a game then? Will it be a running game? I like running as well!” He jumped happily in his stride, stumbling slightly upon landing but managing to keep moving. “I hope we still get to hunt something after the game!” By this time he had completely forgotten Deinocti’s insistent no that he could not come, too caught up in his excitement over the running.

Rex’rhi continued to follow in his bouncy run, tail swishing from side to side and his gaze shifting from whatever lay around them, trees, rocks, or what have you, and the female ahead. He was not having a hard time keeping up, though she did gain slight ground on him here and there as his attention wandered.

Not a game? That must be part of the game! She was probably just trying to distract him, make him think it wasn’t a game. This was a fun game! “I like this game!” He barked happily at her. Rex was quite glad he had not only found another dog for company, but one that likedr unning games.