Ynnis

Obedience was getting easy.   Maybe it was hubris talk, but Rob couldn't help but feel like he and Leeward had caught up. She was becoming increasingly reliable off leash and had learned an impressive collection of tricks, which Rob had demonstrated more than once to the delight of the merchants who set up shop outside their building. All in all, Leeward was a very good girl.   "I might take her to a hunting class today," Rob said, walking into ...

Ever since they had begun to do regular obedience practice, life had become so much better. Almost enough for Rob to call it smooth sailing. Things weren't perfect, and some days, Rob would look at Ollie and Landfall and wonder what he could do to match them. Those two had really found a groove for themselves, and Rob often watched with no small amount of envy as he watched Landfall trot along unhurriedly behind Ollie as he went for a walk around the block, unconcerned by the possibility of...

It was tomorrow. It hadn't taken much effort to Rob to convince Ollie to bring him to and obedience training class. His brother had seemed all too eager to oblige, leading the water with a bounce in his step as they made their way to the training guild headquarters. There was always a class going on, Ollie had said.   Leeward was doing the usual, make every attempt to charge ahead without them as they walked down the street. Occasionally she would veer across their pa...

Hel glanced over her shoulder before letting out a small huff. She didn't understand why the girl had to send another hound with her to hunt a simple duskrat. She had done it on her own just fine last time. Sure the pelt was a little mauled but for her first time she felt she had done fine. At least the girl didn't send the pup with her. Hel knew it was her son but she must have gotten his brains from his father as he certainly did not get the goofy dumbness from her. At least this one was sm...

With both of them being stubborn as they were and unwilling to relent, getting to the park hadn't been easy. It took the better part of an hour, with Leeward lunging enthusiastically against her lead and Rob rooting his feet every time she tried to pull him forward. The starting and stopping was a brilliant waste of time, and had it not been for the fact that Rob had nothing else he needed to do today, he would have brought her home long ago.   But Rob wasn't built fo...

Leaving home hadn't been easy on Rob. He didn't chase mystery and newness in the same way Ollie did, and quite frankly, the prospect of turning up to an unknown land without job prospects, without know what lay in store or how it was better than the life they had already had, well. All of that had been a bit difficult for Rob to swallow.   The one thing that had made sense to him and had made him feel a twinge of excitement was the idea that there was a thriving econo...

The few days since Hilda had made it to Ynnis had been a while ride. She'd settled into a small, cheap home and had even gotten a couple hounds of her own. Harbinger and Styx trailed her now as she made her way toward the city center. They were beautiful tollers - at least to her - and both seemed to be fairly amenable to their new living situation. They hadn't quite all bonded yet, but she could see them becoming a strong trio. Their primary goal today was a nice, long walk to keep th...