To the prince's delight the big woman mirrored his enthusiasm for the game; coming down to show off how she too wanted to play! As soon as his little question sounded, it seemed that the strange male also had his own input. He stated much the same thing that the Vuesain boy had, and Cernan passed him a flummoxed glance for only a second before switching back to Des with rapt attention. Yes, he did think so. Thankfully she only waited long enough to smile at the man before giving him the information he so desired. There would be a few minutes, and then they would count em all up. His tail had started moving before she'd given the signal, the boy's mind wandering to all the places he'd ever seen the things before.

“Go!” His big paws carried the boy off into the woods around them; and for now the adults were completely forgotten. Little eyes flitted over trees and stumps, looking for the right kind of timbers that had all the old pine cones around their base. How would he carry back so many pine cones at once? He could only fit one in his mouth at a time! The rustling of his chubby self as it darted around the trees stirred up the nearby birds, and squirrels began chittering at him in irritation. None of them were paid any mind – it was pine cone time! Neha and Ale would be so impressed with his collection of tree seeds; he couldn't wait!