Something Else

A smile lit on his face as he looked to her again, realizing she must have been looking over him for some time - her surprised reaction and flustered words were clear indication she'd been caught staring. Her reaction was so cute it had him chuckling light-heartedly, though he was quiet and perked with interest when she was finally able to stutter her name. He didn't mind at all that she'd been staring at him. Even if it was just out of curiosity, he hadn't ever really had anyone take any interest in him, and couldn't deny that he liked the attention. "Nice to meet you, Kairi," he said in a low, sincere tone. He offered her a smile before he leaned towards her face, moving to pluck the thorns from her nose and muzzle. When he pulled back, he grinned, his multi-coloured gaze seeking out hers.

By now he'd pulled out a good portion of the thorns. There was still work to be done, but he'd made a lot of progress. "How do your paws feel now?" he asked, hoping that she was beginning to feel better, and also wondering if he'd missed anything. He reached toward her chest and pulled out some of the obvious ones, then ran his sensitive nose over her coat as he searched for anything prickly that he couldn't spot visually. He felt the sting on his nose as he ran his snout over some more pricklies, and removed them quickly. He then sat up straight, looking to her face once more.
"Maybe try moving around," Exodus suggested, scooting back a bit and tilting his head as he watched her, "Some of those thorns are pretty tricky, there could still be some hiding."

He hoped not, but it was certainly possible. Exodus was a somewhat impatient creature, and attention to detail was not exactly his strongest point. It was easy for him to skim over details when he just wanted to get the end results. But in this case, he was more than willing to go back and work out anything he'd missed, not wanting to leave Kairi to deal with any discomfort on her own.