Smothered

If Kaija was anything, it was stubborn. When she wanted to do something she wouldn't stop until she got her way, not unless the task proved impossible, and even then she'd only stop very, very begrudgingly. Luckily the stranger that strolled up through the fog - briefly she wondered if he might be a ghost, but he quickly started talking - seemed interested enough in what she was doing and she was glad for some company in this moment. "Aren't they cool?" She grinned over at him. Ophie was gonna love this thing, even if she had no clue what to do with it, Kaija was sure of it. She felt a bit of dread weighing heavily in the pit of her stomach but she tried to convince herself it was just something she'd eaten earlier… yeah, maybe she had a bit of indigestion, that was all.

She tilted her head and peeked over to see what Incendio was doing. He pushed at the crystal opposite her with his paws, then smacked one with his antlers and she yelped in joy when it finally broke free and fell to the ground. Good idea! She followed suit, using the tusks that jutted out of her jaw to smack the crystal hard - once, twice, and finally third time she felt it break free, cracking off the rock with a rewarding sound. While she did it though a few little shards of rock flew into her mouth and she spit them out quickly before twisting to examine the fruits of her labor. "Mine's bigger than yours," she commented matter-of-factly after a moment, practically beaming as she flipped it over with one of her forepaws.