harder harmonies

As much as Kai loved the bitter chill of winter, he liked not freezing to death just as much - a brief respite from the elements wasn't going to kill him, and he reckoned he might even feel a bit better after finding refuge for awhile. It wasn't much of a surprise that someone else had a similar plan in mind, and he slowly turned as he heard the gentle clicking of claws against stone. His ears perked, body stiffening instinctively as his attention turned from the walls to the stranger. He assumed that she, too, was simply seeking shelter.. and further inspection told her that she was rather young. Not too young to be away from her parents, or at least one parent, but.. young, nonetheless.

He wore a friendly enough smile, his tail waving slowly where it lay behind his oversized form. "Greetings!" Kai returned the easy greeting with a slightly more exuberant one, raising an eyebrow as she asked him a question. "I was trying to get a better look at the walls of this place. It seems like someone - or something? who knows - somehow carved designs into the stone." His silver gaze left her again, drifting back to the walls as he squinted at them, still trying to help them adjust to the dim light. "Here, come over this way and take a look!" Kai gestured with his snout to the wall, ushering her off and then pointing his muzzle toward a cluster of carvings of strange shapes.