Nice to meet you

Her excitement and energy was always at least a little bit infectious and he found himself smiling a bit when she greeted him with just as much enthusiasm as he had imagined she would. Of their siblings she always seemed to be the happiest. When the option of going on an adventure with her came up he hummed with consideration for a moment. It wasn't like he had anything else to do and they certainly weren't expected back at the den any time soon so he couldn't really think of a reason not to. "Okay!" he replied with a firm nod that said he had made up his mind and there was no changing it now. He supposed he really should be spending more time with his siblings anyway - or at least that's what his father kept telling him.

"What kind of explorin' did you wanna do?" he asked as he looked toward the steaming water that she had been examining when he walked up to her. "Have you swam in the warm water yet? I saw some of the grown ups laying in it, but I haven't tried it yet." All the adults always warned them about going into the water, but if they got to do it why couldn't the two of them? It wasn't like it looked all that deep either! He daringly reached out a paw and poked at the surface of the water and his ears perked with surprise when he felt how warm it was. He knew it was a hot spring and all, but still! Feeling it was different than hearing about it!