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Ris perked up when he answered, her silvery eyes widening just a bit. Wait... so he wanted to go with her? That was unexpected, but absolutely not unwanted. Adventures and traveling were always better with a friend or two. But, then again... what if Mako was just going with her out of some sense of obligation? Like Cancer had? She didn’t want him to hate the whole trip.

”A-are you sure?” she asked, tipping her head to the side as she looked up at the gigantic wolf. Wow - he was almost as big as Ayti. That was pretty weird. ”You don’t have t-to if you don’t wanna,” the girl assured, her tail wagging just a bit. ”Aunt J-Jessie is so cool and sweet - you’d pr-probably like her lots.”

Mako couldn't help but scowl. He wasn't the type of wolf to say he was gonna do something and not do it. But none-the-less his tail wagged, scowl unable to hold onto his monochrome features for long. "Course I'm sure. 's not like I have anything better to do," He snuffed with an easy roll of his shoulders. And really, the fact of the matter was, he didn't. Accompanying this girl to go see her aunt or continuing to wander the wilds of Relic Lore weren't really that different at the heart of it. Besides, he wouldn't rest well knowing the kid was off on her own somewhere.

"I'm looking forward to it then," one corner of his mouth lifted in a toothy smirk. He circled around her again, nudging her shoulder this time with the bridge of his nose as he came around her flank before settling his haunches on the ground. "You know where she lives, or we goin' on a wild goose chase?" He asked, trying to figure out exactly what he was getting himself into.

Ris’ tail wagged as well when his mood seemed to lift. Sometimes that emotional sponginess of hers was irritating and painful, but other times (like this one) it was actually pretty great. Though he was putting up this rough and standoffish front, it was pretty obvious that Mako wasn’t really a bad guy, and Ris was excited to maybe have a friend that didn’t actually mind spending time with her.

The girl watched him do the weird circle thing again before he sat down and nudged her. Was that a thing that wolves did in other places? Ris hummed and copied him, walking in a circle around the boy before flopping onto her stomach next to him. She was pretty tired anyway. ”She’ll like you t-too,” the tawny girl responded, her tail thumping on the ground a couple of times. ”You’re re-really nice.” Her ears perked up at his next question, and she smiled as she nodded her head. ”I know where she is!” she assured, resting her chin on her forepaws. ”S’not too far f-from here. Jus’ a day, maybe.”

Mako's amber eyes followed Risaela around, head flicking as she circled behind him then situated on his other side. His eyes glimmered in amusement at that; a little bit of chipmunk-see chipmunk-do? The Coho boy couldn't help but pout a bit as she called him nice, that wasn't quite an impression he liked to give off. He was only gonna let her get away with that one because she was a girl.

His head bobbed in a nod, watching as she lowered her head to the ground. "Great, once the weather clears, we can head off first thing," he said decisively, punctuated by a wide yawn before he settled his own chin onto the cavern floor between his paws. 

Ris turned her pale gaze up to meet his when he spoke, a small smile settling on her maw as her tail thumped on the ground again. ”Okay,” she agreed, then fell silent again. She found that she couldn’t fall asleep just laying on the cold stone floor, less than a wolf-length away from somebody. It only took a few moments of contemplation for her to decide what she wanted to do, and only another two to actually do it.

Carefully, the girl scooted over and pressed her flank against his, and when she wasn’t immediately snapped at, she turned her nose into his fur and shut her eyes. Yeah - that was much better. She fell asleep only a couple of heartbeats later, warm and content and happy that she’d made such a sweet friend.

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