She whined happily as Mathuin placed his chin on her back, wriggling back and forth and turning to bury her nose in the thick fur of his neck. It was quite the oddity how fluffy Mathuin was, fortunately her tree-like friend was not as rough as a tree was. As Mathuin began to speak, there was clearly some hesitance on his part. "Oh, Mathuin, I told you, you're gonna go grey, you worry too much!" She laughed, finally wriggling out of his grasp and turning to face him. But in the end, he did agree to her pipedream of a plan. A wide grin pulled across her face, her pink tongue flopping out joyously.
"Aww, thank you Mathuin!" She leaned up on her toes, booping him on the nose. "Everything will work out just fine," She assured him. "If you worry too much, nothing happens! You just have to do it!" She nodded, thoroughly convinced of this. "Its a big, wide world out there. Even if we don't find what we're looking for, even if it doesn't work, we'll find something else, right?" Her tail wriggled behind her, brown eyes glittering. Even if it wasn't a little stream with cattails, there was something out there for them.
Astrid + Mathuin
Two Pure Peanuts