Tails ran to Sally's hut, and knocked, as a good little fox kid should always do.
Sally opened the door, with the one hand, as she was holding a crutch for a broken leg in the other, , looking down at the young child.
"Yes?"
Tails shuffled his feet, and managed to squeak out,
"it seems...dat Antwan's missin', Aunt Sally!"
the chipmunk girl's eyes widened, and she gasped a loud, un-girly gasp.
exhaling, Sally patted the young kit's head,
"Thank you for telling me, sweetie. Now.. go tell Rotor to get the big boy weapons or I feed you veggies tonight instead of chili dogs."
"Yes, Aunt Sally!" and with a cute little soldier salute, he hurried off, with his two tail stumps trailing behind him.
Sally suppressed a giggle,
"...stumpy."
just entering the edge of the cave, Antoine made sure no bears, lions, or dragons were in the cave.
"'Ello? bonjour?"
silence.
Antoine bit his lower lip, and carefully put his left leg forward, tiptoeing into the cave.
"...b-bonjour? anyone?"
more silence.
wiping his forehead, which was now sweating, he took out a flashlight from the pack.
"...i know, you're out zere...?"
the turned on the light and looked around.
not even a single bat guano.
walking further in, he relaxed a little.
"Well, well, if zere's notheen 'ere, zen eet eez moi shelter!"
Antoine stopped to a good-looking spot in the cave, when he tumbled
And tumbled
and tumbled
and tumbled
and tumbled
And...stop.
Antoine looked down, a huge rock was blocking the way further down, and as the coyote found himself holding on to rock formations, limbs spread out.
looking up, he found his pack dangling by a tiny branch much too wispy for his bag. which contained his sabre.
"...mon dieu..."