"Want to hold her?" Rise offered, lifting the little bundle of woolly joy up a little. "She might move a bit, but she'll probably snuggle up to you pretty quickly." She'd learned this right off the bat, since the instant she scooped up the baby Mareep, Posie had decided that this was comfortable and any attempts to put her down to sleep in the barn had been futile.

Kanzeon's teeth were definitely glistening now-- and were perfectly white and straight, thank you very much. Which was more than she could say for Angela, who was so weak and pitiful that all her teeth had probably rotted and fallen out by now. And she liked being Rise's scarf-- not that she was that entirely, because she was quite the fighter!

It was just too bad the Dratini was too much of a wimp to fight a battle she'd never win.