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Jenna nodded. "I can understand," she said, knowing that, despite her loving heart, Rosie's parents had been very clear she shouldn't approach skunks after word got around about a certain pack of dogs getting sprayed. She looked at Fang and gave a small, reassuring smile towards the dog. She could understand why he was scared, he'd been treated badly because of his nature as a hybred, on top of the fact he was also Steele's son. "It'll be ok, Fang, I promise."

Rosie came up and scratched Balto's ears. "Hey Balto! How are you doing?" she asked, giving him a hug. "Did you like the present I got you yesterday?" she asked, smiling to the big hybred. She then saw Fang, standing nearby, staring catiously at her. "Oh, hello there," she said, looking the dog over, wondering just how he was, after all, she'd never seen him before. "Come here," she said, holding out her hand. "It's alright, I'm not going to hurt you."

Fang slowly approached, cationously. He sniffed her hand and came closer, at which point Rosie gently petted him, something he wasn't used to. But he found himself enjoying it, tail wagging.

Rosie looked the dog before her over closely, she'd never seen him before, that was for sure. She could see the simularities he had to Steele, but she really didn't care, even if she knew Steele had abandoned his team, something the humans had pieced togather from what was known. She didn't judge based on looks. She also noticed that he had wolfish looks too, but that obviously didn't bother her much either, not after what happened with Balto.

"I've never seen you around here, are you Balto's friend?" asked Rosie, not caring he couldn't talk. Much like Mr. Simpson, she was alert to how dogs communicated with people and could tell what they were trying to tell her. It was just something that happened when you hung around dogs.

Fang noticed Rosie's analytic glance, but if she knew he was Steele's son, she must not have cared much. She was actually being nice to him...He wasn't used to something like that. At her question, he nodded. Though student was probably more accurate, he had no way of showing that.

Rosie watched Fang's nod and gave one back. "That's good, he's a good dog," she said, giving her savior a small smile. She then looked back to Fang, noticing his namesake, the single fang sticking out of the side of his mouth. "How did your fang get like that, boy?" she asked, curiously.

Fang gave a happy bark at the mention of his name, trying to get it across that was his name.

Rosie blinked at his reaction, noting his tail wag at the mention of the word fang. "Fang?" she asked, himreacting much the same as before. "Is that your name, boy?" she asked, getting him to nod with a bark. "Fang, that's a nice name."

Jenna smiled at Rosie finding out Fang's name. "That's the advantage of having a simple name I suppose, it's easy to let humans know about," she stated, then turned to Balto, listening to him say how he was hurting. "Oh, I'm sorry your hurting," she said, licking his cheek lightly.

"I checked with Moris, the sled team left White Mountain this morning," explained Jenna, giving him a reassuring look. "And I'm sure they'll get here in time, the trip down' take that long really."

"Just our normal Christmas party, nothing else that I know of," explained Jenna, thinking about it. "But I was thinking we dogs should have our own little thing. Maybe find somewhere and just have our own little celebration. That way Sally could join us and all that," she stated, trying to think about where they could go. "Maybe up on the hill, put the "northern lights" up, I'm sure we could find some meat somewhere..."

Fang blushed at the human's nice words. He gave a grateful bark and tail wag. He wasn't used to this, but he was more than happy about it. He'd wanted someone to accept him all his life, and now here was a human doing just that.

"Your a good boy, aren't you?" asked Rosie, smiling to the dog. "I'm glad to meet you, any friend of Balto's is a friend of mine..." she said, thinking about Balto. "You know, Balto saved my life, but even before that, I really liked him. He's a good dog, so I know if your his friend, you have to be," the little girl said, smiling down to the dog. "But I can tell you are, I don't know how someone couldn't see it, your so nice."

Fang couldn't help smiling. It felt so good to be called a good dog instead of "Steele's demon spawn" or something like that. It really did feel good.

Rosie didn't want to leave Fang feeling he wasn't wanted, but finally ended her sesson with him with a hug around his neck before skipping over to Balto. She was older now, but still a young girl, but even as she grew, she kept her outlook on the world much the same as she always had. "Goodmorning, Balto," she said, rubbing the old wolfdog's head. "Did you sleep well last night?" she asked. "I hope my present helpped you."

Jenna smiled at her owner, the kindhearted girl. Rosie was a good human, a good ANYTHING for that matter. She had a kind, caring heart and could tell what someone was really like. Even though she'd cheered Steele on in the races, she had admitted that Steele didn't seem like a nice dog, she just cheered for the team she liked best and Steele just happened to lead the team she liked. She liked Balto because even before she owned him her life. And that meant a lot to Balto.

Fang didn't exactly know how to react. Petting? That was new, the affection was all so new to him. His mother, both of them, really and truly loved him, but the affection from a human was something he'd never really recieved before. The hug was a completely alien thing to him, but one he found full of warmth and acceptence...He was accepted...He didn't quite understand, but he really liked it.

Rosie smiled, looking as Balto returned with mini-Balto. "I'm glad you liked it, boy," she said, scratching him behind the ears and giving him a hug. She then heard his stomach growl, Fang's too. "You two sound hungry," she said, giving a smile. She knew Balto had to find his own food a lot, but being Christmas Eve, she didn't want him to risk going hungry. Reaching into her bag, she pulled out a chain of sausages. "I wasn't expecting another dog here, so you'll have to share, but I think it's enough, Merry Christmas," she said, laying them out for the two dogs.

Fang's mouth watered at the sight before him, but he was hesitant to take it. He WANTED it, that was for sure. But one, it was offered to Balto, not him, and two, he'd never quite gotten a good reception to trying to eat meat other than out of a garbage can. So he wanted until Balto told him it was ok to do so.

Sally poked her head out of her hiding spot, the scent hitting her nose. She slowly walked out and looked at it, giving Balto a smile. "Why thank you Balto, that was very thoughtful of you," she said, giving him a grateful nod. She ate the sausage slowly, enjoying it. "You're a kindhearted one, Balto," she said, finishing her meal. "Thank you very much, I needed a little breakfest...though to me it'd normally be dinner, all things considered," she said, looking up at the wolf dog that had so kindly shared his meal with her.

Sally looked at Rosie, who was petting Fang and giving him affection, causing Sally to smile. "That does my heart good..." she said, happy for her foster child. "That's the kind of thing he's wanted his entire life, it feels so good to finally see him have it...It was sad watching a little puppy be shewed away by everyone he met, or the parents of everyone he met. It hurt him so much..."

OOC: Sorry, I really don't have much to do...