Torino was busy eating an ice cream in Briarbane square when she got a message from Respiro. "Oh! I did not know he was Spanish!" Torino said, her eyes going wide. "I will send him back a message right away." She handed her strawberry ice cream to Bella while she sent a message back.

Torino said:

Non sono occupato! Sarò lì per aiutarti subito.🏃‍♀️

Torino wrote, as Bella chomped up the ice cream in two swift bites.

With the message done the pair set off to find Respiro. A fast travel and a medium-fast run later, they had tracked down their mute friend. Torino could hear the bulls lowing and crashing across the yellow-grass plains. She could smell their earthy, musty forms. She could hear the yip of a tiny dog snapping at giant hooves.

Torino hurtled down the lush hill and towards her friend, who was busy herding Tauros. "Respiro!" Torino called. Bella barked in between her low, soaring leaps.

"Oh no! They are going towards the canyon!" Torino cried, as she watched the Tauros herd wheel like a great flock of four-legged birds. "Bella we have to get in front of them!" she called above the thunder of hooves.

Torino ran as fast as she could, her frenzied footsteps crunching grass and leaving half-prints in the dust. Bella ran ahead, her rough and rocky bark sounding across the plains.

But as the Tauros picked up a head of steam and rushed for the edge of the canyon, Torino's stomach sank. They could not match the speed!

Bella pulled further and further ahead of Torino, her little puppy legs pumping. Her tongue hung from her mouth and flapped in the dry wind. She barked and growled and pushed herself faster and faster.

Torino watched with wonder as the orange dog shifted to white, her legs growing in length and pushing her body upwards. A huge fluffy tail waved behind Bella, and her head was nestled inside a massive mane of cream-colored fluff.

Bella the Arcanine let out a triumphant howl that echoed across the steppes. She kicked off the dust and disappeared.

Torino blinked. Where was Bella?

The air in front of the herd blurred. Bella skidded to a stop in front of them, blocking their path with a deep, rumbling growl.