Scamper scamper scamper. The little girl darted around Orion, the lovely place with glittering shining gems. Quix had last visited this place with Black whereupon they had literally sniffed out the things here! She’d grown familiar with the itty bitties that shrouded this tunnel. They weren’t very nice but clung to the grit and debris crowding the corners of ancient buildings which dotted the landscape and didn't bother the gembounds much. She was bored right now and wondered if she could bring more friends back to Maji Walezi just for the thrill of it. On and on she went, and then she decided to cast her magic to sense if anyone else was here. For a moment, her magic sputtered and then it grew stronger. Immediately, she saw the typical itty bitties in her mind and then...new itty bitties clustering around a dog-sized gembound. With an excited yip and bark, she scampered over.

The air seemed to get warmer and warmer as she approached but she didn't mind - Quix the fennec fox was well adapted for heat. A pile of white, thick fur with three heads was bundled up in the corner. She chittered to herself and scampered to it, little nails clicking onto the floor in a delightful manner. “Hello, are you my friend?” she asked in a naive way and leaned in to sniff at him. He smelled funny!

The fennec wriggled her scraggly tail as she sniffed at the large, fat puppy and tried to locate its head. The creature unclasped its paws over its heads then and Quix found her eyes widening in amazement. Not one, but three! “Three little puppy heads!” she giggled in delight and stared into each head with an eager expression. The first head with floppy ears howled and her, to which Quix tilted her head and twitched her huge ears. It was so noisy her ears actually hurt, but she could forgive this pile of fur for that! The other two added on to the noise and the girl grinned and barked along, happy that she got such attention. Another head asked itself a question, and then the middle head affirmed it. Quix was thrilled. She nodded and gave an enthusiastic “Yes!” to tell him that without any question, friends were one of the best things on Origin. The puppy then got onto its belly, slumping onto the floor while its little tail hung upright behind it. It wasn’t fluffy though so Quix didn’t bat an eyelid but focused on the heads. She was so small that each head was the size of her body.

Quix scampered forward and attempted to nuzzle the cheek of the one that spoke. I’m Quix! I like fluffy things. You’re cute, big boy! Big boy Kerberos!” she giggled and then purred as she tried to bring her two forefeet up and pin down his ears playfully!

The fennec fox chuffed and raised one paw to gently bump Kerberos’ middle head. She barked in delight with him and tip-tapped her paws on the spot in a little dance, fluffy tail waving high above her like a brush. “Yes, Kerberos is big and awesome. Yay Kerberos!” Like the little pip squeak of a cheerleader, everything was big to her in fact, not just this fluffy puppy, but to her, he trumped them all, hands down, because he was like a living walking rug carpet with white fur she could snuggle in all day. Then she was pinning the ears of the confused head with pink nose which did not seem to like it very much but held still for her. “ “I’m pinning your ears! Orange nose has down ears! So your up ears should be down too” she grinned and brought her little snout close to nuzzle that ear, though she was very quick of hearing and heard and perfectly understood the conversation of the other two heads. Immediately, she attempted to lift up a paw and bat the nose of the other two heads in turn. Her round blue eyes rounded and she pouted. “ “No eat Quix! Quix play, Quix friend” she whined, floppy ears drooping down for a moment and in her disappointment, she began to cast a magic she’d never used before…

Fortunately, or unfortunately, it didn't work. The girl quivered, feeling extremely sad that her fluffy friend wanted to even think of eating her.

The head declared that he wasn’t going to eat her even if he wanted to. Immediately, her features lit up and she yipped and nodded. "Really? Yay!” and then snuggled his muzzle like it was the comfiest, most cozy thing on Origin. She relished the feel of his soft fur and wished that she could snuggle him to sleep. But then, her attention fell upon his ears and she tried to pin them down! They flopped back up the next moment no matter how hard she tried though. She was still caught up in her little game of pin-the-ears-on-the-middle-head when three muzzles bumped into her, knocking her off her feet and coating her with saliva. The girl didn’t mind the slobber at all though she supposed her fur would end up rather crimpy by the end of the day. Kerberos stated that his ears were like that for hearing. She swivelled her own ears towards his which were larger. "Quix has large ears for hearing too! Can hear Kerberos bark and move very well,” she offered, then looked wistfully at his furry back. "May I rest up there?” she asked, lifting one paw to jab at the spot between his haunches.

The furry carpet blinked at her, 3 sets of eyes casting quite the spotlight upon Quix who didn’t mind at all. She scrunched her face and, bringing it close to all three heads, grinned a toothy smile at them as they leaned away, clearing a path for her to get onto his back. "You’re awesome Kerberos!” she praised her new ride, then bunched her muscles and hopped on, hind legs scabbling against the thick fur of his neck for a moment before succeeding in settling onto his haunches. He wasn’t too large, but was stocky of build and had enough fur to envelop her in it. Quix snuffed into it, inhaling the boy’s musky scent. He smelled f…food. Lots and lots of different food. She liked it, though sadly, he didn’t smell of bugs. And then her mind wandered to Makyna’s words for a second. Special feelings? Could it be…this one? Quix looked at the back of 3 pairs of ears and then at the world around her. From this height, Kerberos could show her many things. And cuddling into his fur gave her fluttery special feelings. Maybe…maybe. She coughed and snuggled deeper into his fur, pushing away those thoughts. It was nice snuggling this dog though.

Kerberos asked her a question then. Immediately, the girl propped up her head and replied enthusiastically. "But small ears can’t hear tiny things. I can hear when a bug moves in the sand – something that most don’t realize. Large teeth good! But Quix has sharp small teeth – good enough for bugs. Do you eat bugs? Bugs are lovely.” With a wistful sigh, she let her head fall back down onto the pup’s sturdy shoulders and then, spreading out her legs, started making fur angels.