“Why did I let him do that?” “Let him do what?” Skop asked eagerly, and my fired up body jumped in surprise at his voice. Embarrassment flared in me and I looked over at him, ten feet away in a soil bed, paws filthy. “Oh gods, you must have seen everything?” I whispered, feeling my face heat. “No, he put me inside a freaking smoke bubble. You look like you had fun though,” he said, and his tail wagged. “Well, I didn't. And you're a weird little pervert,” I told him, relieved my encounter had been private. “You've got no idea,” he answered, and launched back into digging up the soil.

