It is very belated, that Mateo worries about what Lena is actually going to dig up from the snow. Because foxes hunted things out here, and whilst the boy is all about the circle of life and all that, he isn't sure he actually wants to see her savage a mouse up close and personal. So as they stop digging and her snout disappears into the cold earth, he's a bit wary of it all. Indeed, as she emerges he shuffles back on his knees, worried he might get blood and guts... well, wherever Lena might shake them.
So as she deposits a tiny, shivering baby blink hare - unharmed but obviously cold - and doesn't try to eat it, he can't help but be delighted. "Che carino!" he gushes, moving to scoop it up into his arms. "Oh, it is too cold to survive out here. Would it be wrong to bring it back to Stormbreak with us?"
So as she deposits a tiny, shivering baby blink hare - unharmed but obviously cold - and doesn't try to eat it, he can't help but be delighted. "Che carino!" he gushes, moving to scoop it up into his arms. "Oh, it is too cold to survive out here. Would it be wrong to bring it back to Stormbreak with us?"
