Buried treasure, but less fun

She smiled appreciatively when he insisted that she not apologize and to never hesitate to come to him for anything. She almost hated that her first ever impression of him had been at the challenge for the pack. That had been a tough day for a lot of them and without really understanding him or his motives it had felt more straining than it needed to be. Her concerns never really lied with who lead the pack or how they did it. Her only concern was with if she had a place to live and a place to keep her siblings close. As long as she had those then she could overlook most things - though it did help to see him like this and know that he was also kind and helpful when needed.

She stood back and let him work, watching as he made quick work of the task that probably would have taken her hours. Even though he was panting a bit when he was done she knew that she probably wouldn't have been able to get up by the time she was done and the fact that he had done this for her meant so much. She grinned happily when he stepped back, revealing the cleared away path allowing for free access into the den. "Oh, thank you!" she said with a soft giggle. It made her wish that she wasn't so frail, but there was nothing she could do about it now. All she could do was deal with it and continue trying to be stronger. She paused a moment and added, "Don't let me keep you from whatever you were doing, but if you're not busy we could walk back to the ship together if you wanted. I shouldn't be more than a second gathering all this stuff!" She slipped inside either way, opening up a small bag that had been left behind and tossing all of her herbs and supplies inside. There wasn't a ton of things, but it was still enough to fill up the small bag and it was packed to the brim by the time she slipped it over her and walked back outside.

"Coming?" she asked with a smile, looking up at him with a gentle wag of her tail.

"Chrystelle"