Bone Chewer Den Debutante Shows

Now the time had come to entertain the soft-skins who would judge her Tin, to see if the houluh was worthy of growing stronger.

Haix noticed the first problem as they entered the ring. There was no prey to hunt, no water to swim or fish in, and already Haix was trying to think of a command that would be suitably impressive for the soft-skins to allow Tin to grow. But she had not trained any showy moves for them, had not considered that the houluh was an entertainment creature during Tin’s training. Looking up at them, then back down at the houluh who was staring wide-eyed at the lights and the soft-skins, she told Tin to run. The houluh obeyed, perhaps too eagerly with all the eyes on her, taking off at full speed to run in a wide circle around Haix, completing that circle again and again as Haix tried to think what else would be suitable, hoping that showing off the speed and endurance Tin had built up would be enough to satisfy them.

Then she called Tin back to her, the houluh still barely panting as she slowed to a walk next to Haix. Then she gave the command for Tin to scamper, the houluh making the correct prancing movement and drawing laughs from the soft-skins watching. That meant they were satisfied, yes?

[Tin shows Endurance, Run, Scamper. Done?]