[b]Yuki![/b]

Was Hazel’s hand always so soft?

“Hmph! Maybe that will teach you not to bite the paw that hardly bothers you.”

Did he just say [i]hmph?[/i]

“Yuki!”

Hazel squishes you up in the biggest hug a knight could ask for, and a little more besides, because you’ve been good, haven’t you? Oh yes you have! His cunning, fluffy triangles hear many things, you know. In fact, you’ve been so good, he’ll curl [i]both[/i] of his luxurious, beautiful, softful, starlit tails around you. Free of charge! 

Go on. You may revel in them. You’ve earned it.

“Just the knight we needed! Our quest to save poor sister Juni,” and that’s one truth, and it might be two! Hee hee! “Is now down quite a few members. Won’t you join us on a little adventure to the Khaganate?” He’ll help! Just between you and him, he’s got a keen eye for trails and that sort of thing. Maybe as keen as your axe! It’s possible! 

Anyway, the foxy lad only turns his wide, starry eyes off of you to wink at a certain other fox.

“There’s no need to ask; of [i]course[/i] you can join us too! We would never leave you abandoned, lost to these terrible woods, now would we darlings?~”

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[b]Inara![/b]

It seems you have been outfoxed. On both sides. And they’ve got smiles that you would no doubt be proud of, were they not pointed at you, and just how do you feel about that, hm?

“We would never do something so cruel!”
“Leaving a poor thing like you all alone!”
“For the vines to catch”
“For the roots to swallow”
“And the Thorn-hounds!”
“They’d smell you from miles away.”
“And their jaws…”
“And their claws…”
“And the creaking of branches”
“Dry and [i]hungry[/i]”
“Wicked! Scaring the little sweet like that~”
“Ara ara, but we’ll take good care of her, yah?”
“[i]Such[/i] good care of her”
“No need to think of the danger”
“You’ve done so much for us…”
“Let us handle the rest…”
[i]“Little sister~”
“Little sister~”[/i]