"He's, well, he's a little bit of a dependant kid. He neds others around or he'll flip out. Don't start with me, kiddo." Saphir explained, poking him back. "And I am NOT fourteen. I just turned sixteen,love. Where have you been, Mars?" She grinned. "You behave now kid, I'm not in the mood for your jokes..." She trailed off as they puled in to Hot Furries. "We're here." She parked the car and slid out, dropping the keys into her pocket.
"Long time, no see, runt."
"MARIOUS!!" Saphir shouted, running up to the gigantic Rotweiler and hugging him. "You're still as tall as a mutated reindeer. What's up?"
"Not much, runt, not much. Pheonix with you? He's been wanderin around town a lot and we were worried somebody'd furnapped him--not that anyone would want to." He chuckled, hugging her back. "Nice to see ya again." He looked up and noticed collin. "who's this? You heartless, tailless minx you."