Grizzly Groundwork

"This is way too much." Harper's lips pressed into a thin line. No matter how tough she was, this kind of straight-up manual labor—digging holes by hand—was brutal on her palms.

She was just about to call it quits and head back to the workshop to try making some kind of digging tool, when Kira came trotting over.

Watching Harper struggle, Kira tilted her head, seeming to figure out what she was tr