「 THE FIRE BURNING IN YOUR HEART : JOINING 」

[AUGUST]

[align=center][div style="width:490px; font-family:arial; font-size:9pt; text-align:justify"]The sudden new presence had nearly startled August, and had it not been for her reassuring tone of voice, he would have been scared away immediately by the stranger. Without his mother, he was practically rendered helpless.

He craned his neck, looking to the dog. Although his tumble had been accidental, it was obvious that she was just being sarcastic. "Yeah... I got it." Mumbled the pup groggily, blinking a few times and raising a paw up to rub his temple. He still frowned, his head throbbing from the blow. Had his velocity been any higher, he could have gave himself a concussion or cracked his head open, at the very worst. Luckily, all he would be sustaining would be a headache and a bruise.

Her name was... Becks? Like Becky? Or like "Rex" with a B instead? It was certainly unique. He sat up, shaking the powder clinging to his pelt, and he cocked his head towards her. "Uh, August." He never bothered to say his full name, Augustus, as he liked the shorter version far better. Next, the child would question, "Do you... live around here?" Perhaps she was apart of the commune of animals that he had heard so much about.