"Mm, I thought so too," Mateo agrees with Lena easily enough. "Still, I suppose it's kind of nice to have some more snow. We don't get it this deep in Stormbreak, unless it's in the Celestine. Oh, but I suppose you'd know all about that." Evidently very (very) comfortable in hosting one-sided conversations, Mateo continues to plod forward, cronching through the snow to follow the fox's more delicate footsteps.
He pauses, however, to see her pounce so adorably into the snow, his eyes widening. "You'll get stuck!" he protests with a laugh, wading further so he can try to dig Lena out of the small snowdrift, unintentionally looking for FlowerBirth beneath it as well. "I read that foxes can hear little creatures under the snow. Can you do that too?"
He pauses, however, to see her pounce so adorably into the snow, his eyes widening. "You'll get stuck!" he protests with a laugh, wading further so he can try to dig Lena out of the small snowdrift, unintentionally looking for FlowerBirth beneath it as well. "I read that foxes can hear little creatures under the snow. Can you do that too?"