She was excited to be out of the borders, for while she had begun to memorize all of the Hollow's secrets, the Cedarwoods were far too vast for her to have rooted out everything there was to see. Out here, it was certain she would find adventure, and today she was lucky enough to have the company of her favorite Hollow wolf. She trotted beside him happily, careless with her steps for they were not hunting or scouting, merely trekking to find what they could. He'd told her they were to visit a river, which normally would have her amped for a splash fight, though the heavy chill in the air had her thinking twice. Whatever they ended up doing, she knew it would be exciting.

When they at last arrived, Kenelm spotted their company far before she had. The girl stuck her paws into the water and bent down, lapping up the cold refreshment. As the silt of it, mucked up by the beast, reached her taste buds however, she recoiled. "Yuck!" she exclaimed, and only a second later felt Kenelm's weight press against her, trying to push her back and away.

"Hey, what're you-..." her words trailed off as her mismatched gaze fell upon the other creature, its size and ugly shape striking her with awe. So enraptured was she, that the little girl did not notice the trepidation with which Kenelm was treating the situation. Always a logophile, she needed a definition for this beast.

"What is it?" She whispered as she reluctantly backed up with him.

Instead of simply answering her query, @Kenelm was quick to instruct her to more or less shut up, and her ears flicked back to show her offense. What the heck is up with him? she had to wonder, feel the rigidity within his body. Her dual-colored eyes regarded him, attempting to discern the thoughts within his head through willpower, before transferring unto the strange creature once more. Her breath caught in her throat as she locked eyes with it, and the odd beast seemed to be considering what to think of them as well before it dismissed them altogether, returning to its meal. Cool, she thought, even more curious to know where wolves stood with this monster's kind if it ran neither from nor at them.

At last Kenelm's voice entered the air again, however, giving her the answers she had asked for, but not necessarily telling her what she wanted to hear. Destroy? her mind echoed, unable to fully wrap around the idea. Sure, it was a pretty big animal, and those tusks didn't look like they'd be fun to tango with, but it had been so nonchalant about their presence and the charging bit she couldn't quite agree with. If it was so destructive, why was it leaving them be, happy to coexist? It did seem to have a voracious appetite though, and maybe it was only being nice because they weren't in its way. For now, there was plenty for the thing to eat, the riverbed full of thin green plants and other things, but with as big of globbing mouthfuls as it was tearing through at a time, she could imagine how swiftly it might clean out the area of such food.

Now at last uncertain of whether she liked the thing before them or not, Nineva still did not feel any urgency in leaving the area. Yet that was what Kenelm next asked of her, to leave him alone with this thing that he told her was so dangerous. A whine seeped from her throat as she stubbornly pressed herself closer to him, big doe eyes staring up at him with concern.

"No way Kenny," she argued, keeping her voice down this time. "You're not staying here alone if its so dangerous. Let's both go back, okay? Look, its gonna be busy for a while."