The gesture was reassuring. Amy bowed her head slightly as he patted it. Everything about being somewhere between wolf and human was strange, but she was beginning to accept everything happening to her. It would be a long time before she was fully content with her new form, but she was starting to come to terms with all of it, slow as the process might have been.
Amy thanked whatever higher power that existed for Derek’s creativity with communication. She reached out with her paw and slowly tapped the ground three times. She was careful to define each tap so he wouldn’t miscount them. It was a bit like speaking via those communication boards she’d seen used on TV, where the person who couldn’t speak blinked for certain letters. It was a good idea, she thought.