"We're going on a trip, with my favorite chocolate chip! Running throughhh the land! Little-"
"Mom... What are you doing?"
"Commemorating the occasion!" Bekka beamed. "I never get to spend time with you anymore, you got all big and now you're too grown up for your old mom."
Thrudd couldn't exactly say anything under the relentless assault of her mother's nuzzling.
The entire ride atop the back of Bagheera had been like this. She had been less focused on riding, and more focused on trying to dissuade her mother from pulling out baby pictures mid- adventure.
It was a full-time job that felt far more difficult than it needed to be.
"Don't hog her, Bekka, pass her back here!" Tatiana complained.
Thrudd quickly became flustered. "I-I am an adult goddess! Not a cigarette!"
""Yea, yea.""
Bekka lifted Thrudd over her shoulders and passed her back to Tatiana with startling ease.
