The white pup mirrored the brown pup, flopping unceremoniously to the ground on her side.

"No," she admitted, smiling as she shook her head. For some reason, although she felt uncertainty and a little bit of shame, she giggled. He was kind of funny, this Zak-rie. She liked him despite him using all these strange words and asking all these questions about stuff. She was sure she'd never fighted before. Maybe he was confused?

Signe's tail began to thump happily. "Fight? No. Play? Yes! You wanna play?"

She giggled again. One day, many, many moons from now, she would giggle again at how ignorant and innocent she was, but, now, she giggled at how silly he looked, lying on his side with his face looking all silly. If he wanted to play, why didn't he say so?