GoldenPoncho

“Hugo!” A tiny nose poked from underneath the starry, blue blanket in the corner of the room, and little Hugo sprang out with an excited chatter, barreling on all fours to Lio, who caught the rambunctious baby mandrill in his arms. “We brought a new friend to play with,” Song entered the room behind her husband and in her arms was what looked to be a ball of black and gray fur. She leaned to set on the ground a hyena cub not much bigger than tiny monkey himself. The cub immediately bounded over to curiously paw at Lio’s leg, who leaned to place Hugo down next to the strange, new creature. He hid behind Lio at first, head peeking from between the human’s feet. “Oh, now you wanna act shy…” Lio chuckled, peering down as the hyena cub trotted closer, cackling in an unfamiliar, but not so different sound than what Hugo might have made. He leaned back as the cub sniffed at him, then nearly toppled backwards when she gave his nose a lick. Both humans laughed as Hugo regained his footing