Golden Butterfly

"Let me show you what we do for fun," Maggie said, enjoying the new neighbor she had while also feeling awful that he had ended up here. There were not many young pups who found themselves in the lotus section of containment. That meant he was incredibly powerful for his age.

Sage perked up. There was something they did here for fun?

"Come here," she said, standing next to the glass wall that both united and separated them.

He got up from where he had been sitting on his bed staring at the atrium and the crow who had been his constant companion now, always looking in on him. He wondered if the crow was concerned or was waiting patiently for something to happen.

Maggie was standing at the far back of her room where the side and back walls met. "There are cameras watching us, but they have blind spots in the corners."

"Can they hear us?" Sage asked, confused as to why she would be speaking this aloud if they were being watched.