Chapter Twenty

She watched him as he used his paws to pull out the remnants from a previous fire in the fireplace. Once he had removed that, he walked outside and came back in with a log in his mouth. He placed it in the pit and walked back out to get the next. When there were several logs in the fireplace, he looked over at her and raised a single eyebrow, as if to ask 'Is this okay?' She smiled and nodded,

"Yes, that's perfect."

She reached into her pack and removed a magnesium stick and proceeded to light the fire. While she was doing that, he nosed into the pack and removed a blanket and put it in front of the fireplace. It took some maneuvering, but he laid it out and tugged at the corners to get rid of the wrinkles. She marveled at how adept he was at using the body he was in to manipulate the items from her world.

He lifted one paw and looked at her, indicating that she sit on the blanket. She sat down with her legs folded under her. He stepped over to her and nosed her legs, pushing at her.