Their laughter was like the stridulation of the ghosts of grasshoppers.
She sighed, annoyed at her restlessness. __o,_ she said, disrupting Wolf in another backward glance.__ho would win in a fight__ou or a pack of wolves?__e frowned at her, all seriousness. __epends,_ he said, slowly, like he was trying to figure out her motive for asking. __ow big is the pack?___ don__ know, what__ normal? Six?___ could win against six,_ he said. __ny more than that and it could be a close call.__carlet smirked. __ou__e not in danger of low self-esteem, at least.___hat do you mean?___othing at all._ She kicked a stone from their path. __ow about you and _ a lion?___ cat? Don__ insult me.__he laughed, the sound sharp and surprising. __ow about a bear?___hy, do you see one out there?___ot yet, but I want to be prepared in case I have to rescue you.__he smile she__ been waiting for warmed his face, a glint of white teeth flashing. ____ not sure. I__e never had to fight a bear before.
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She sighed, annoyed at her restlessness. __o,_ she said, disrupting Wolf in another backward glance.__ho would win in a fight__ou or a pack of wolves?__e frowned at her, all seriousness. __epends,_ he said, slowly, like he was trying to figure out her motive for asking. __ow big is the pack?___ don__ know, what__ normal? Six?___ could win against six,_ he said. __ny more than that and it could be a close call.__carlet smirked. __ou__e not in danger of low self-esteem, at least.___hat do you mean?___othing at all._ She kicked a stone from their path. __ow about you and _ a lion?___ cat? Don__ insult me.__he laughed, the sound sharp and surprising. __ow about a bear?___hy, do you see one out there?___ot yet, but I want to be prepared in case I have to rescue you.__he smile she__ been waiting for warmed his face, a glint of white teeth flashing. ____ not sure. I__e never had to fight a bear before.
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