Scarlett had absolutely followed him, she just hadn't been fast enough. Little legs pumped furiously over the packed earth, ears bouncing with every clumsy stride as she barreled out of the den after her brother. Phim! Wai'! she squeaked, already giggling despite the fact she was losing the race. Her curly tail whipped back and forth so hard it nearly threw her off balance.

Then she skidded to a stop beside him and her mouth fell open. ...Whoa... So much purple. Tiny flowers blanketed the ground like someone had spilled the evening sky across the ravine. Scarlett stared with wide eyes before cautiously stretching out a paw. Pat. They were soft, not scary. Another pat. Then another. A blossom bending beneath her toes before springing right back up. It bouncy! she gasped delighted.

Without another thought she flopped nose first into the flowers with an undignified fwump, disappearing almost entirely beneath them save for the fluffy curl of her tail sticking up. A muffled giggle came from somewhere inside the patch. Smells pwetty... her little nose worked furiously, sneezing once as pollen tickled it.

Ah choo! she blinked, and promptly laughed at herself. Phim! Scarlett's head finally popped back out of the blossoms, petals caught between her ears and across her muzzle. We match! she declared proudly, trying to cross her eyes to look at the flower now stuck to her nose.

Then, she toddled over to him with all the confidence of someone who had already forgotten how to walk in a straight line, carefully plucking a tiny purple bloom between oversized puppy teeth before offering it to her brother. For you... while the flower was thoroughly slobbered on, it was, in Scarlett's opinion, the finest gift she'd ever given anyone.

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