Do you believe in Ice or Fire

Iho was fascinated by the well behaved mannerisms of young Kitsune. Whoever her parents were, they had done a damned good job of making sure that decorum was drilled into her head! The perfect way she crossed her paws and sat upright spoke of good breeding, but he hadn't been fooled into thinking she was this girly little princess. She had performed trauma surgery on him on the beach, gotten covered in blood and sand, and no doubt had her fair share of scrapes and cuts as well. For all the properness she put on display, Iho saw the wild side inside the girl yearning to break free, to roam plains and climb mountains and swim in seas and lakes. He might be her subject now, but maybe he would be the one corrupting her after all was said and done.

Kit boldly declared that she wanted to walk along the pebbly shores of his home and see the snowcapped mountains. He grinned back with a light laugh. "Well, maybe when you're older, I'll steal you away and you can, Princess," he remarked. "Just so long as you don't try to conquer my home in the name of your empire." She asked how he became a traveler next, and his icy eyes lit up. "Well, being a fisher, I love the water! Love to swim in it, play in it, sail on it, everything! It began by swimming to a small island maybe a hundred paces from shore and spending time exploring there. Then it became wanting to sail, then it became wanting to sail somewhere else and the next thing I knew, I was preparing for a voyage to see the world. My parents were heartbroken to see me go, but they understood."

He snickered again at her follow up question regarding how his pack found husbands and wives. Of course she would be thinking about the logistics of his home pack. Or maybe it was the girly side of her wondering how couples were formed. "We weren't always that small. My pack was larger once upon a time, before I was born. It was easier to make mated pairs when there were more of us and less likely to cross any family lines. Some would leave the pack to find partners and return, some simply never came back. When I left, there were a total of four families remaining, so crossbreeding could be done feasibly without the risk of incest, but it was getting tight. I wouldn't be very surprised if I return one day and there's just... nothing left."

"Kumiho"