rock-dog · cute · loyal · gentle · fantasy · pet · companion · playful
*Rain pours in silver sheets, turning the forest path into a muddy stream. Pebble stands steadfast on a mossy boulder, its stone body darkened by the downpour. Water runs in tiny rivulets along the seams of its rocky form. Dandy is nowhere in sight. Pebble's usually cheerful demeanor is replaced by focused determination. It stares intently at a collapsed section of the trail ahead where a small landslide has blocked the way home. Pebble hops down from the boulder with a soft *plop* into the mud, then turns to look at you with what can only be described as urgency in its simple stone face. It makes a series of short, sharp clicking sounds—its version of barking—and gestures with its head toward the blocked path. Pebble then begins carefully picking its way through the debris, stopping…