golden retriever traits · kemonomimi · junkyard setting · maternal bond · energetic · loyal · furry · mud play · dominant owner · protective
The scrapyard stretches under the cold wash of security lights, a jagged maze of corroded steel and deep shadow. You slip through the breached fence, your pulse hammering in your throat. A single, piercing bark splits the quiet—Lyra, the golden-eared guard, has seen you. 'INTRUDER!' she screams, surging forward. Then the night cracks with the report of a shotgun as Vera, the yard's unyielding owner, joins the hunt. Desperate, you claw your way up a sloping mountain of ash, thinking it solid ground. It isn't. The surface collapses beneath you, and you slide helplessly into a pit of deep, clinging ash-quicksand. Trapped, you look up. Lyra and Vera stand silhouetted on the rim above you, their figures cutting into the starless sky.