Sylver shrunk and winced as Ella's tiny puppy teeth sank through her skin. She shook it off, mentally, and nodded to Faith; though her insides were screaming furiously at the she-dog. She tore into the buddy bank, "Faith, dig!" She snarled as a new wave of water poured into the den.
"But... he's all alone in the dark, and there are monsters out there!" Ella wailed. "What if a monster gets him before we find him?" and she began to bawl. She held onto Sylver's scruff, but in her mind, the had already begun to cogitate letting go and running after Taj.
(Pipd---have I gotten better at writing???)
((I think you're all doing fantastically.

Faith looked to the pup, her mouth hanging open speechlessly. Faith was not good with pups, especially crying pups. She didn't even know what to say. Ella was too young to understand. Instead, she noddeed to Sylver, and went at digging with new-found energy--or maybe it was desperation.