He of course blushed again when her little nuzzle touched him, dropping his eyes with a helpless smile. He liked how it felt. Like when Momma did it but with a sneaky zing of something else in it. His smile grew even more, his eyes lifting to her face, when she said she lived in a forest. Because so did he! A super nice one.
A new person showed up though, and his eyes widened. He instinctively shifted nearer the most familiar thing he had so far -- the first girl. Only a little. But he stopped himself and watched quietly, glancing up from his feet on occasion as she talked. He nodded though, of course, when she asked if she could join them. He wasn't really sure that was okay with his first girl but he did it anyway because he was so nervous.
The second girl agreed too that paws were cool, and he raised a little smile at her. And then she introduced herself, Xero, and asked for their names too. He looked at the first girl, and realized that he was calling her that in his head, which means he hadn't gotten her name yet. He hadn't even noticed! He was not the best at this...
"I'm Cimmerian," he said quietly, looking back at Xero and then falling quiet to watch them.
[ Cimmerian ]
try to make a fire burn again