THIS PLACE IS SO COOL!!!!

As far as Kaija was concerned, she definitely didn't need to be looked after. Or maybe she'd just been lucky thus far and hadn't gotten herself into much trouble. She didn't really think about that kind of thing though, which was why she found Sparrow's questions so absurd. Why'd she care about her parents and stuff? Talking about boring things like that seemed like a waste of time when they could be exploring. "A Big Bad?" That sounded kind of freaky. Her eyes widened a bit as she very seriously thought over her question and considered what she'd do. She was reminded of when she'd met Askell and they'd seen that freakishly tall bird. "Run away I guess. Or fight it maybe, unless it's bigger than me. I ain't stupid," she clarified sharply, suddenly feeling quite defensive with all these questions being thrown at her.

But.. if one of these things fell? Kaija wasn't sure what she'd do then. She bristled slightly, glancing upward. "What would I do? If died?" She rolled her eyes. "I'd just be dead, I guess. I don't know. Does something happen after?" Clearly she had no grasp on her own mortality, instead suddenly bewildered at the thought of what came after. "There are bears in here?" She cast Sparrow another naive, wide-eyed stare. "Well... if you'll help protect me I bet we could fight off any bears." Kaija nodded sternly, gaze darting occasionally to the cave's ceiling as she padded over to one of the cavern walls, leaning to gingerly pluck a glowing mushroom from the wall with a paw and watch as it rolled to the floor.