It was her turn to wake Starling at the crack of dawn, and that was exactly what she did. She tracked down his den, scratched at the entrance until he poked his head out sleepily, then promptly attacked his face. Not with claws, of course, but with licks... it was glorious, and now the girl was trtting through the south, tail high up in the air and swinging, her green and gold feather fluttering in the wind (caused by her movement), eyes glittering as she glanced behind her to see if a certain healer was following. She went with him to herb gather... he'd go with her to explore, and that was exactly the plan as her paws hit the bare sand of the dunes. "Speech" "Italian"

Starling hadn't been sleeping per say, he had merely been resting his eyes kind of deeply. It was the first day in a very very long time that he hadn't woken up with the birds, hadn't risen to greet the very first rays of the sun. He had decided to sleep in a tad, or rather to rest untill the rest of the world decided to get up. But it seemed Lillianna also worked very hard on disrupting his life in creative and endearing ways. Payback was...something, wasn't it? He chuckled as he followed behind her, in a much better mood than when he had done this to her. He was used to getting up early, used to travelling long distances before the sun even rose half way. But, he would have his fun as well. "A-am I a-able to h-hunt w-when we g-get...wh-wherever w-we're g-going?" He asked with a tender smile. "W-where a-are w-we g-going a-anyways?" He asked then, trotting beside her as she lead them wherever they were going. "Burn Baby Burn" | "Italian"

She pretended to be miffed by his laughter, making sure her expression was neutral when she glanced back, but... when she was facing forward, a grin had broken out on her face, and her eyes sparkled. She couldn't, however, resist her laughter and amusement when he asked about hunting. "Not at all!" she yipped back, cheerfully, laughter still bubbling from her. "Look ahead a bit," she murmured, pointing with her muzzle. In the distance, the sand was faintly visible, and it was growing closer with each passing moment. "This was where I went when Bass sent me on a mission," she informed him, not even realizing that he did not know about that mission at all. "I never actually explored these dunes, and I want to." Exploration was her passion, as much as healing was Starling's. "Speech" "Italian"

Starling would blink slightly, looking ahead at the barren desert that stretched out infront of them. In that moment two different feelings flooded through him. One was determination and competitiveness. He almost wanted to grin and tell her that he would find something. He always found something. But sadness was also there. When he had requested Lillie to join him, he had thought of her as well, and she loved to explore so he had thought of a place she might have not gone too. So it was a little unfair, in his mind, but what could he do. Perhaps it was time for a break, to do a little exploration himself. He did like to spend time with Lillie, so that was good. And besides, there is a possibility desert plants could survive here, right? "S-sounds fun." He said after a second, glancing towards her. Hey, if she was having fun, he couldn't be upset. "Burn Baby Burn" | "Italian"

Something.. poked the back of her mind, but she ignored it, instead stepping out into the sand. Ears twitched at the hesitation in his words, but she swallowed the sudden fear, glancing back at him. "When on the mission for Bass, I passed some plants.. I don't know if they'd be helpful or not. Plus, it's really easy to get dehydrated here and it's really hot. There was one patch of area where it flattened, and there were lots of plants... rocks, too, for the weird species that live here..." she trailed off, pausing, nose flaring. All she could scent was hot sand, and it was frustrating. She would trot to the top of the sand dune, eyes travelling the others to focus on a single spot. "There!" She jerked her muzzle towards the rocks not too far away. She couldn't see the plants from there, but that didn't mean that they weren't there. "Speech" "Italian"

Starling would blink as Lillianna, a small, gentle smile on his face when she said there were, infact, plants here. He would nod his head slightly as she directed him towards the plants before he began to trott towards them himself. "S-so, Wh-what a-are you w-wanting to s-see here?" He asked softly as he moved towards the plants, hoping she would come with. "A-ancient ruins? A s-stran-nge c-creature? P-put your n-name do-down in history?" He asked with a tease, throwing his head back to look at her. Sky blue eyes shone happily as he looked at her, excited for this "break" from his fast paced movements. He was happy to move at her pace, happy to have a day unplanned, even if it did end with herb hunting as usual. Starling wasn't happy if his nose wasn't in the dirt. "Burn Baby Burn" | "Italian"

She would grin, following him. She knew the moment she mentioned plants he would beeline there, and that was okay with her - she had not a problem with that. Her head tilted at his question, and she shrugged. "Not sure. Something int-" she broke off with a huff when he continued, and her eyes flashed even as she chuckled. She did not feel the urge to tease, though she did have words to do so in her head. No, something else had shoved that thought, those thoughts, aside. "Don't think the history thing would work - who'd remember me?" she would murmur. Who would want to? A bare whisper of a thought, a feeling, it drifted across her mind and made her flinch, internally; on the outside, her ears merely flicked back as she took the lead and headed for the plants and rocks. "Speech" "Italian"