"Now that's no way to speak to your elders, Shadow," he jabbed playfully, now kneeling down just to level with him. It wasn't long before he flopped back to sit on his behind with only his hands for support, tail swishing against the dehydrated leaves over the saturated layer of its brethren.

His hands could feel the damp nature being soaked into the fabrics of his gloves, a cool fog wiggling between his digits. The Sun would be wandering into the distance soon, and while he was aware of it in the back of his mind, he forgot it for the sake of sitting here with Shadow and trying not to laugh too hard at him.