[Meanwhile, he doesn't actually want to pin her down, either. Even though he obviously could. She was smaller than he was, and that meant he had to protect her, right? That was how it worked. So they keep rolling and rolling until they hit a bump in the sand and fall apart, coming to rest on his side.]
[He perks his head up, shaking the sand from his fur, and lets out a pleased yip. Tongue panting away from the excitement.]