Still quite obviously delighted by Lena's find, Mateo can only glance up enough to see the fox shake her furry head, which he takes as the best affirmative he can possibly get. In the meantime, he bundles up the little hare into his jacket where it peeps out, snug, just beneath his chin. He straightens up as carefully as he can, his hands hovering near his chest to keep the tiny creature from falling.
"It's a long way back," he's saying even as he trudges after her; not nearly as lithe on two legs and especially with precious cargo tucked close, Mateo is an ungraceful lump, but a determined one. "I hope it can make it until we get somewhere with grass and flowers at least. I wouldn't want it to go hungry..."
And so it continues like this, Mateo telling Lena all about what he's read of blink hares and how it's clear that this one is a blink hare opposed to a regular one, and the sorts of things they enjoy eating. That, naturally, leads onto talk about plants in general, and... well. She'll never shut him up after that.
~FIN
"It's a long way back," he's saying even as he trudges after her; not nearly as lithe on two legs and especially with precious cargo tucked close, Mateo is an ungraceful lump, but a determined one. "I hope it can make it until we get somewhere with grass and flowers at least. I wouldn't want it to go hungry..."
And so it continues like this, Mateo telling Lena all about what he's read of blink hares and how it's clear that this one is a blink hare opposed to a regular one, and the sorts of things they enjoy eating. That, naturally, leads onto talk about plants in general, and... well. She'll never shut him up after that.
~FIN
